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The
joy and adventure of visiting Bonnie Springs Ranch really begins
as soon as you start from Las Vegas. In the thirty minutes it'll
take you to reach our town, you'll experience a desert wonderland
of cacti, plants, and unique trees: The Yucca, the Barrel Cactus,
the Prickly Pear, and the Joshua. You will see what is called "The
Lord's Candle". the long stem that grows out of the center
will burn for hours like a torch. The prospectors and settlers used
them for light long before lanterns were abundant or even available.
When
you reach Bonnie Springs, you'll see that we are nestled at the
foot of majestic peaks. the colorful bluffs are a monument of historic
mysteries. in fact, from the porch of our museum you'll see a door-like
slab carved in the face of one of our peaks. the logical speculation
is that it was an Indian altar but no one knows for sure. It is
these things, however, and things like this that make a visit to
Old Nevada so wonderfully unusual and so enjoyable to young and
old alike.
If
you're lucky you will see some of Nevada's wild life that roams
free beyond the canyon walls. There are wild donkeys, horses, coyotes,
polecats, badger, deer, elk, and big horn sheep. And, along with
the poisonous sidewinder and green Mojave, there is the only poisonous
lizard in the United States - The Gila Monster.
Inside
Old Nevada you'll find no false fronts. We pride ourselves in being
a real town. Along with our western town, saloon, and shops, there
is also a free petting zoo, our famous Bonnie Springs Ranch Restaurant,
and horseback riding for the whole family. At Bonnie Springs Old
Nevada, we boast a very special enchantment - You don't look at
the Old West, you live it!
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