Road Trip — Lost City Museum, Overton, Nevada

Posted by Karen on 02-Oct-2007

(51 photos)

I drove into Overton, Nevada in the dark last night, so I spent a bit of time this morning exploring this little town in the Moapa Valley. Overton is pretty much the last town before you head into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Just outside the town is the Lost City Museum, which was built in the early 1900s to house and display artifacts from the Anasazi Indian ruins of the valley; many of which were in danger of being lost with the create of Lake Mead. I also made a stop at the St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery which was moved from the town of St. Thomas before it was flooded for the creation of Lake Mead, which is held back by the Hoover Dam. On to the Valley of Fire now!