SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Tonopah I-Team: The Road Warriors, Part 2  Nov 8, 2008 More recently, the devices have been reconfigured to be used in non-nuclear testing at Area 52, the Tonopah Test Range, or are transported to other places where they are dismantled altogether. "We've got treaties where we are reducing the number of nuclear weapons that are out there. So the weapons that are out there, we have got to get them to the facilities that do the dismantlement," said Darwin Morgan with the National Nuclear Security Administration. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Centerra Gold Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $0.08 Per Share  Oct 31, 2008 - Surface mapping and sampling continued on the Tonopah Divide project in Nevada ... Work continued in the third quarter of 2008 on the Tonopah Divide property, which is located in south-central Nevada in the Walker Lane trend ... See "Non-GAAP Measures below. (2) Unit costs reflect revenue-based taxes and royalties for the full year, as described above. In particular, material assumptions or factors used to forecast production and costs include the following: - a gold price of $800 per ounce, -... (CCNMatthews Press Releases) Feds pave way in Nevada and West for geothermal development  Oct 24, 2008 New lands set for availabil 000012FE ity in Nevada are in the Carson City consolidated area (formerly Carson City-Ormsby County), and the areas of Elko, Las Vegas, Paradise-Denio, Shoshone-Eureka, Sonoma-Gerlach, Tonopah and Wells. In addition to providing the foundation for environmental analysis so new leasing and development can start, the plan provides site specific analyses of 19 geothermal lease applications pending since 2005. (KRNV.com, NV) Government expands geothermal energy leasing in Nevada, 11 other states  Oct 23, 2008 Associated Press - October 22, 2008 7:35 PM ET. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department is announcing plans to make available 190 million acres of federal land for development of geothermal energy in a dozen western states -- including Nevada. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Budget proposes prison camp closures  Sep 24, 2008 Skolnik also said his proposed budget for the two-year budget period starting in July 2009 proposes to close rural Nevada camps in Pioche and Tonopah that are used to house minimum-security inmates ... The prison director agreed with commission members that the camp closures would hurt the rural communities, noting there are 30 jobs at the 212-inmate camp in Pioche, and 20 to 25 jobs at the 146-inmate camp in Tonopah. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime) Nevada prison chief outlines prison camp closure plan  Sep 24, 2008 Skolnik also says his proposed budget for the two-year budget period starting in July 2009 proposes to close rural Nevada camps in Pioche and Tonopah that are used to house minimum-security inmates. That would save the state about $3 million a year. (KRNV.com, NV) Counties told to not cut back on early voting on Nevada Day  Sep 18, 2008 The secretary of state's office noted that clerks in Esmeralda, Lincoln, Pershing, Mineral, Lyon and Eureka counties didn't plan to have early voting on Nevada Day, while Nye County officials had planned to limit such voting to Tonopah while excluding Pahrump. Early voting starts Oct. 18, and by the time such balloting ends it's expected to account for a large chunk of all voting. (KRNV.com, NV) Many counties will cut short early voting due to Nevada Day holiday  Sep 13, 2008 The secretary of state's office says clerks in Esmeralda, Lincoln, Pershing, Mineral, Lyon and Eureka counties don't plan to have early voting on Nevada Day, while Nye County officials plan to limit such voting to Tonopah while excluding Pahrump. All the counties are in outlying areas, with small populations compared with the state's urban centers of Clark and Washoe counties. (KRNV.com, NV) HoneyBadger Exploration Inc. retains Renmark Financial Communications Inc.  Sep 9, 2008 The "Bonanza Gold" Project consist of two epithermal gold properties - "Warm Springs" and "Stealth" Properties located near Tonopah. Management believes that these properties give HoneyBadger very promising exploration opportunities, and positions the Company for new exploration in prolific, gold and copper districts. (Canada Newswire) Portal Options Three Properties in Nevada  Sep 2, 2008 The Fish Project is situated within the Walker Lane Mineral Belt, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda County, Nevada about 12 miles west of the historic mining town of Tonopah, Nevada. The project consists of 58 unpatented lode mining claims or 1. (CCNMatthews Press Releases) 3,000 pot plants seized near Calif. border  Aug 22, 2008 A hiker notified authorities after happening upon the plants growing in the wilderness in Esmeralda County southwest of Tonopah. State and county investigators estimate the street value of the plants between $800,000 and $1 million. (San Francisco Chronicle) Nevada Supreme Court rules local candidates ineligible  Jul 26, 2008 Cindy Kaminski, Tonopah Town Board member. Mary Beth Scow, Clark County School Board trustee. (KRNV.com, NV) I-Team: Still No Answers to What Killed 71 Horses at Test Range  Jul 18, 2008 One year ago this week, dozens of wild horses were found dead on the Tonopah Test Range ... At the time, Stokke told us how great the Tonopah area is for horses, she had already decided that hundreds of horses had to be removed ... Just days before out interview, 71 horses were found dead around a temporary water hole inside the restricted Tonopah test range. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) I-Team: Wild Horses Face Threat of Extermination  Jul 13, 2008 Just down the road at the gate of the classified Tonopah Test Range, trucks are loaded with the remnants of a makeshift corral, the last vestiges of a roundup effort that carted away hundreds of other horses ... We didn't know it at the time of that interview, but Stokke had already decided to remove most of the horses on the range near Tonopah, not because they were starving, but because they might be starving some time in the future. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) 'Deadwood' In Nevada  Jul 13, 2008 City slickers desiring more creature comforts might want to consider spending the night in Tonopah, Nev. (about an hour to the north) or in Big Pine in Inyo County (about an hour to the west). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel) Proving ground gets Scuds for training  Jun 30, 2008 Schoenborn said the base got the six Scuds - along with some haulers, loaders and decoy vehicles - from Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, where they were being stored. He added that as far as he knows, the proving ground is the only installation in the Army to have any Scuds, which were shipped there earlier this month by truck. (AZCentral -- News) I-Team: Inside the Underworld of Black Projects  May 2, 2008 As far as outsiders know, there's nothing else of note going on at the Tonopah Test Range, AKA Area 52 ... "The Grim Reapers is one of the old Stealth squadrons at Tonopah -- Grim Reapers and Nightstalkers. And when those units became public, they had to change their names. Grim Reapers was apparently too satanic for military brass, so they became the Ghostriders," said Paglen. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Nevada Dog Finds Its Way Home After A Week, 77 Miles  Apr 20, 2008 Dashiell said he had taken his three dogs with him on a weekend trip to Tonopah. When he let them out of his truck near Railroad Valley, Moon took off when a catch on her chain let go and she bolted into the sage brush. (CBS News) What Would Happen If Tomorrow America's Trucking Industry Shut Down?  Apr 9, 2008 98 S.R.P. Total Running Time: +/- 95 minutes U.S. Rating Not Rated "BIG RIG SUMMER TOUR 2008" STOPS INCLUDE: June 4 - Foristell, MO I-70, exit 203 June 5 - Effingham, IL I-70/I-57, exit 59 June 9 - Lake Station, IN I-80/I-94, exit 15B June 10 - Monroe, MI I-75, exit 15 June 11 - Florence, KY I-75, exit 181 June 16 - Bordentown, NJ I-295, exit 57 June 18 - Mebane, NC I-40/I-85, exit 157 June 26 - Las Vegas, NV I-15, exit 54 June 27 - Barstow, CA I-15, exit 178 June 28 - Tonopah, AZ I-10, exit 103... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News) SmallCap Sentinel: All That Glitters  Mar 20, 2008 For example, Tonogold Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TNGL) announced today that it had completed a formal Exploration and Option Agreement with Centerra (U.S.) Inc., a subsidiary of Centerra Gold Inc. (Toronto: - ), regarding Tonogold's Tonopah Divide project in Nevada. . (Primezone Releases) Mexivada options Jefferson Gold/Silver project to StoneShield Capital  Feb 2, 2008 TSX-V: MNV OTC: MXVDF Frankfurt: M2Q VANCOUVER, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mexivada Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent with StoneShield Capital Corp. (TSX-V: STS.P) pursuant to which StoneShield has been granted an Option to earn up to a 70% undivided interest in the Jefferson Gold/Silver property, located 50 miles north-northwest of Tonopah, Nevada and three miles east of Round Mountain, Nevada. The Property comprises a contiguous block of 85... (PR Newswire) Constance “Connie” Louise Stehle Foster  Jan 16, 2008 She was born Dec. 17, 1940, in Tonopah, Nev. to Robert Lewis and Eva Selig Cox, and moved with her mother to Corvallis in 1944. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR) Post a comment  Dec 26, 2007 Posted by: john silver Tonopah Nye 26 December 2007. I M A DEMOCRAT AND I WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA. SHE HAS NO EXPERIENCE. I DO NOT WANT BILL CLINTON ANYWHERE NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY ARE SUCH A SOAP OPERA. WE WILL SEE MANY SCANDALS LIKE WHAT BILL CLINTON GAVE US WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE. SHE WILL DIVIDE.OBAMA WILL UNITE. NO BILLARY. (International Herald Tribune) Tonopah car accident victim identified  Dec 21, 2007 The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified the victim in a fatal wreck near Tonopah as a 50-year-old Mina woman. Amy Lynn Hoyt was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident that happened around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. (KRNV.com, NV) Arizona jewelry pros offer advice to TV treasure hunter  Dec 11, 2007 Tonight, Gum travels to the Tonopah, Nev. where she visits the Royston Mine, the supposed location of one of the most prized varieties of turquoise. (AZCentral -- News) NEW: BLM Pushes Back Test Results on Poisoning of 71 Wild Horses  Nov 28, 2007 The Nevada Bureau of Land Management is pushing back test results that might reveal why 71 horses died of nitrate poisoning on the Tonopah Test Range in July. The BLM now says they won't have test results from the water until April. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) CAP's draw on Colorado River a record  Nov 26, 2007 But because CAP opened a new water-recharge site near Tonopah, it was able to store a record 392,000 acre-feet of water from the river for future use in Arizona and Nevada. The bank now holds more than 3. (AZCentral -- News) I-Team: No Straight Answers From Nevada's Top Wild Horse Official  Nov 13, 2007 And days before that, more than 70 wild horses were found dead of nitrate poisoning on the Tonopah Test Range. These horses were Stokke's responsibility. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Wind power makes headway  Nov 12, 2007 The problem: Gates still opposes development at Goldfield, an old mining town near Tonopah, based on concerns the 300- or 400-foot-tall turbines could affect Air Force radar or training exercises ... Although Gates has acquiesced to Wilson Creek, he still opposes development at Goldfield, an old mining town near Tonopah. (Las Vegas Sun) I-Team: Area 52, The Secret Sister  Nov 9, 2007 At Cisco's in Tonopah, you can get a grilled cheese or crispy fries, but you won't get much information, not about the classified military base that sits in the desert east of this hardscrabble mining town ... It's a Tonopah tradition to keep a tight lip about a place they call "The Base." Back in the mid-80s, when the rest of the world was still in the dark about stealth technology, Tonopah residents saw bat-like 117's flying overhead almost nightly, but didn't tell anyone ... The base, all... (KLAS-TV.com, NV) He says he's ready; will he die tonight?  Oct 16, 2007 The first and only execution by shooting was on May 14, 1913, of Andriza Mirovich for a killing in Tonopah. In 1921 Nevada became the first state to move to execution by lethal gas. (Las Vegas Sun) Labor Day Crashes in Northwestern Nevada Limited to One Near Tonopah  Sep 5, 2007 Troopers say 20-year-old Tylor Dowers of Tonopah was killed Sunday in a rollover accident on U.S. Highway 6 near Tonopah. So far it's the only fatal accident in the patrol's Northern Command, consisting of the nine counties of Washoe, Carson, Lyon, Douglas, Pershing, Churchill, Story, Mineral and Nye. (KRNV.com, NV) I-Team: Senator Reid Pushes For Investigation of 71 Dead Wild Horses  Aug 25, 2007 asking them to find out how and why the horses died on the Tonopah Test Range ... Wild horse advocates like aren't buying the initial explanations given for why 71 horses died on the Tonopah Test Range ... Tonopah personnel even had a betting pool about the final number, including jokes about horse burgers. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) Seeing beyond sepia  Aug 25, 2007 "The legend unfortunately makes a much better story than the truth," said Morrow, who has made several trips to Goldfield, researched Joy's family at the Boulder City Library and traded correspondence with officials at the Central Nevada Museum in Tonopah. First, Morrow said, Ellis apparently was as much haunted by guilt as motivated by grief to have her daughter remembered. (Las Vegas Sun) I-Team: BLM, Air Force Try to Solve Mystery of 71 Dead Wild Horses  Aug 21, 2007 The Tonopah Test Range in Central Nevada is one of those classified playgrounds where all sorts of military toys are tested ... But it's no secret that environmental poisons are buried and burned at secure areas in Nevada, including Area 51, the sister facility to the Tonopah Test Range ... Back in 1988, a betting pool was posted at Tonopah. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) BLM to Sell 40-Acre Parcel in Nye County  Aug 7, 2007 Sealed bid forms and deposits must be enclosed in a regular size 10 plain white business envelope and addressed to the Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Field Station, P.O. Box 911, Tonopah, Nevada, 89049 ... The parcel is being disposed of under the authority of Section 205 of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act of 2000 (FLTFA), and was identified for disposal in the Tonopah Resource Management Plan, approved on October 2, 1997 ... For bid forms or other information on this sale,... (KRNV.com, NV) Governor Gibbons Begins Statewide Summer Tour  Jul 31, 2007 Monday's schedule included stops in Minden, Yerington, Hawthorne and Tonopah. That's to be followed Tuesday by stops in Esmeralda County, Round Mountain, Eureka and Ely. (KRNV.com, NV) Wild Horses Found Dead in Southern Nevada  Jul 26, 2007 It's on a dry lake bed on the Tonopah Test Range -- at least 210 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The area's home to about 250 wild horses. (KLAS-TV.com, NV) 116-DEGREES PREDICTED FOR VEGAS THIS WEEK... 127 FOR DEATH VALLEY...  Jul 3, 2007 National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary. National Weather Service. (The Drudge Report) Golden Odyssey Mining Inc. Releases April 30, 2007 Financial Statements  Jun 30, 2007 This highly mineralized trend has hosted some of the most important mining districts in North America including the famous Comstock, Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog and Aurora districts. The region is currently being explored by Kinross Gold/ Barrick Gold at the Round Mountain Mine, Gryphon Gold at the Borealis Mine and Newcrest Mining at the Redlich project. (CCNMatthews Press Releases) Yucca passage dealt setback  Apr 18, 2007 Rail improvements and construction would proceed to Mina and near or through Tonopah and Goldfield, and south to the repository site near Amargosa Valley. But Nevada officials who have fought against the Yucca repository stressed that nuclear waste from California likely would travel through Reno and Sparks, which sparked growing opposition locally. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) TRIP OF THE WEEK: Goodsprings still holding on after mining boom past  Apr 15, 2007 The town's community center arrived in 1940 after service as an army barracks in Tonopah. Margo Bartlett Pesek's column appears on Sundays. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life) Southern Nevada's longest-running pro sports franchise celebrates silver anniversary this season  Apr 8, 2007 " Sandy's brother, Roberto, also played for the Stars for a couple of weeks in 1988. Logan said he was arguably the best player in franchise history. In addition to winning two PCL titles, the Stars advanced to the PCL semifinals three other times in the first six years of the franchise. Other early notable position players for Las Vegas included Ozzie Guillen, who managed the White Sox to a World Series title in 2005; Joey Cora, who owns the franchise record with a 37-game hitting streak; Rick... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) North Las Vegas applies for funds to pay for parks  Apr 5, 2007 3 acres of land at Lake Mead Boulevard and Tonopah Drive for a future community garden and recreational center. If approved, the city should receive the funds in mid-2008. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) BILL ROBERTS: Another brothel set ablaze  Apr 4, 2007 Bill Roberts is a veteran journalist in Tonopah. He writes twice monthly for the Review-Journal. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) LETTERS : Veteran health care gets a bad name  Mar 30, 2007 THE WRITER IS FORMER THREE-TERM TONOPAH TOWN BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR NYE AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES.. Healthy solution. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY  Mar 28, 2007 Tonopah, seen from Tonopah Historic Mining Park, is hailed for its stargazing. A new survey hopes to outline tourism chances in Tonopah and throughout rural Nevada ... Calculating how many marveled at the bright lights of Tonopah -- an isolated town in central Nevada considered one of America's best spots for stargazing -- is slightly less precise. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Business) The long, long war  Mar 19, 2007 Former Nye County Sheriff Wade Lieske of Tonopah, who raised Marine Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, has opposed the war since Day 1. "This war is no different from Vietnam," said Lieske, who served 14 months in Vietnam as a helicopter gunner and was awarded two Purple Hearts. (Las Vegas Sun) Along the Trail  Mar 17, 2007 The Tonopah Kid's real name was Henry Stimler. He grew up on a ranch near Tonopah, Nev ... Tonopah's dad was a tough old cowboy who worked hard and played hard. (Mammoth Times, CA) Pilot ejects safely before fighter jet crashes  Mar 14, 2007 The pilot of an F-16C Falcon ejected safely Monday night near the Tonopah Test Range Airfield before his fighter jet crashed at the end of the runway as the aircraft approached it, a Nellis Air Force Base spokesman said. The spokesman, Capt. Justin McVay, said the crash occurred at 8:50 p.m. at the airfield, 20 miles southeast of Tonopah ... He said the pilot, a major who is an instructor pilot for the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis, was rescued by the Tonopah Test Range Fire Department and... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) BILL ROBERTS: Of common folks and presidents -- only in America  Mar 7, 2007 The second man was Jay Fields, a project server manager in the human resources department of the U.S. State Department, a contract employee, a self-described "Microsoft trainer when I can find such work" and son of Mary Fields of Tonopah ... Bill Roberts is a veteran journalist in Tonopah. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) BLOOD DRIVES  Mar 5, 2007 Thursday: Kenny Guinn Middle School, 4150 S. Torrey Pines Drive, 2:30-6:30 p.m.; East Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave., 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tonopah High School, 1 Tennant Drive, Tonopah, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.. Friday: Beatty High School, 1 Hornet Ave., Beatty, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; United Blood Services Bloodmobile, Sun City Anthem Wellness Center, 2450 Hampton Road, Henderson, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; United Blood Services Bloodmobile, Wild Oats, 517 N. Stephanie St., Henderson, noon-4 p.m.; United... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life) FROM OUR READERS: Tent City was a big success  Mar 4, 2007 Almost 20 years ago, several of the organizers gathered in Tonopah for the first meeting of the statewide coalition to end homelessness. None of us imagined it would take the better part of two decades to do what is right, moral and humane: insist that all people have access to shelter, safety, food and clothing. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Nuclear waste dump still alive  Mar 1, 2007 The trains would then run south to Yucca Mountain along a route near U.S. 95, which goes through several towns including Schurz, Hawthorne, Mina, Tonopah and Goldfield. Halstead said the Energy Department's estimated cost of upgrading rail routes and laying new track is $1. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) Mulroy says time short for water action  Feb 22, 2007 She pointed out that Wendover, Tonopah, Carson City, Virginia City and other rural communities already are importing water from other basins. "That is how civilization has handled its water demand" since the time of the Egyptians, Mulroy said. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) Big Game Poaching on The Rise in Nevada  Feb 21, 2007 The incident was captured on video in Nov. 2005, north of Tonopah in Nye County ... Back on patrol in the mountains north of Tonopah, Warden Maslach focuses in on a white pickup that is the "getaway truck" in this case ... The man you saw in the video was convicted by a judge in Tonopah on the charge of "wanton waste of a bull elk.". (KLAS-TV.com, NV) TRIP OF THE WEEK: Rich array of rocks and gems found in region  Feb 11, 2007 Look for an intriguing side road off U.S. 95 between Goldfield and Tonopah that snakes toward a promising gem field. Collectors frequently find garnets in the popular Garnet Hill area near Ely off U.S. 6. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life) Some cases matters of life, death  Feb 11, 2007 Other defendants in the lawsuit include an apartment complex located on Lake Mead Boulevard and North Tonopah Drive, which is several blocks away from the location where Zambrano-Lopez was killed. Since a judge sealed the case, it is not clear why owners of the complex were named in the lawsuit, or whether they or other defendants paid a settlement to "John Doe.". (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) Authorities Confirm Body Found in Plane is Veteran Reno Air Races Pilot  Feb 9, 2007 50-year-old Stephen Brown flew from the Carson City airport on Tuesday in his black and yellow Pitts S-One airplane, called Tonopah Low ... Brown has been a frequent Reno Air Races competitor who flew Tonopah Low, designed as an aerobatics plane, in the races last September. (KRNV.com, NV) UNLV Football 2007 Recruiting Class Announced  Feb 8, 2007 UNLV Rebels - The Official Athletic Site for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Current time in Las Vegas 7:30 a.m. Thursday, February 8, 2007. (Unlvrebels.com) BILL ROBERTS: Big news in small world of rural gaming  Feb 7, 2007 Take the past 20 or so years in Tonopah ... Then Frank Scott, revered in Las Vegas and forever beloved in Tonopah, came along ... Tonopah awaits its next patron saint. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) ERIN NEFF: Disclosure loopholes  Feb 1, 2007 Responding to an e-mail about his employment, Beers, R-Las Vegas, said: "Payroll Solutions may have a legislative agenda. I quit to avoid a possible conflict of interest, hence the new jobs and rapid rate of employment changes." Beers also accepted a volunteer position with a community group after he filed his annual disclosure and plans to submit an amended form to reflect his work as treasurer of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park Foundation. But using the moving-forward method of filling out... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) BILL ROBERTS: 'Continuously published' -- or not?  Jan 24, 2007 My grandfather, who was known as "Tickle" Roberts in Austin before moving to Tonopah, was a printer's devil who "hand-set" type on a hot-type stick for the publication around 1890 ... Bill Roberts is a veteran journalist in Tonopah. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) Rimfire Minerals Corporation: Drilling Underway at the Poncho Property, Nevada  Jan 19, 2007 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 18, 2007) - David Caulfield, President and CEO of Rimfire Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: - ), reports that drilling is underway at the Poncho Property, located in the Walker Lane Mineral Belt 56 kilometres (35 miles) northwest of Tonopah, Nevada. Exploration at Poncho is targeting high grade gold-silver epithermal mineralization. (CCNMatthews Press Releases) 50-year-old secret still talk of town  Jan 14, 2007 Howard Hughes, star married in '57 in Tonopah, Nev ... But the billionaire's obsession with privacy prompted him to marry actress Jean Peters in the remote mining town of Tonopah 50 years ago Friday ... After failing in an effort to save the improbable site of the secret Jan. 12, 1957, wedding - the Ll - a group of Tonopah residents has announced plans to commemorate the event by building a life-size statue of the couple. (AZCentral -- News) Town to mark site of Howard Hughes' secret wedding  Jan 13, 2007 But the billionaire's obsession with privacy prompted him to marry actress Jean Peters in the remote mining town of Tonopah 50 years ago Friday. After failing in an effort to save the improbable site of the secret January 12, 1957 wedding -- the L&L Motel -- a group of Tonopah residents has announced plans to commemorate the event by building a life-size statue of the couple ... The group led by Tonopah businessman Bob Perchetti also is pursuing plans to open a Howard Hughes Museum and Wedding... (CNN -- Travel) WEDDING ANNIVERSARY: Tonopahns press on with dream  Jan 12, 2007 Businessman Bob Perchetti stands outside the Ll in Tonopah in April 2002 ... Actress Jean Peters married Howard Hughes in a secret wedding in Tonopah in 1957 ... But the billionaire's obsession with privacy prompted him to marry actress Jean Peters in the remote mining town of Tonopah 50 years ago today. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News) BILL ROBERTS: Historic church finds a few saviors  Jan 3, 2007 Drive 200 miles to Tonopah and turn north along state roads 112 miles to Austin ... Bill Roberts is a veteran journalist in Tonopah. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion) Back to U.S. Cities News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008