As the grandson of the Wileys, he lived with them in their Gold Point home between his fourth and 12th birthdays. Now a federal public defender in Reno, Powell remembers hauling water in 10-gallon milk cans from a stream on a ranch 12 miles away. The lack of water brought havoc to the community in the 1950s. Powell remembers fires destroyed a block of wooden buildings, including the schoolhouse. Regardless of the lack of running water to guest rooms, Robbins figures there is a tourist demand for Gold Point.
Guests can shower in the main house.
Germans love cowboys and Indians. Unlike Gold Point, the other towns have stone and brick buildings, including schoolhouses. Paher's history places Gold Point's peak at 225 buildings, including 13 saloons and a newspaper around 1910. The community then was known as Hornsilver after a high-grade silver found in the area. By 1930, when more gold than silver was being mined, the town's name was changed to Gold Point.