A history of Mount Charleston,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mount Charleston from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to historian Stanley W. Paher, Conrad Keil (a.k.a. Kyle) built a sawmill and cabin in Kyle Canyon circa 1870–1880. It is shown on a 1881 plat map as being across from Fletcher Canyon, where the historic US Forest Service Administrative Site is located. A 1929 plat map shows that area was serviced by a water pipeline from Fletcher Spring. The Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Charleston Mountain was based there beginning in 1933. According to NVCRIS archaeological records in the Nevada State Historical Preservation Office, another pipeline originating from Fletcher Spring was run to three water tanks on present day Mt. Charleston Church property, which serviced the 1950s-1980s era Young Ranch. The historic Young Ranch property is presently the Retreat on Charleston Peak and Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mount Charleston’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNevada - Mt. Charleston, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Mount Charleston
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Mount Charleston, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Mount Charleston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Charleston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Camp Lee Canyon in Mount Charleston, 4.6 miles away.
Mount Charleston and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Nevada - Mt. Charleston (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.