A history of Ruth,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Ruth from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ruth began as a settlement for workers of the White Pine Copper Company in 1903. It derived its name from the Ruth mining claim which was named for Ruth McDonald, daughter of the original owner of the mining claim.
With the opening Nevada Northern Railway in the year 1906 copper production began to boom.
In 1905, Daniel C. Jackling "evaluated a low-grade copper prospect", which he turned into "an impressive open-pit and satellite cave (the Veteran Mine)." Jackling went on to become president of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Ruth’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRuth, Nevada, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ruth
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Ruth, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Ruth is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ruth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ely City Hall and Fire Station in Ely, 5.5 miles away.
Ruth 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 Ruth, Nevada (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.