Visit Boot Hill Cemetery in Pioche Nevada

CRIME WAS RAMPANT IN PIOCHE IN THE EARLY 1870'S. DURING THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF PIOCHE'S BOOM DAYS IT WAS SAID THAT 72 MEN "WERE BURIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON" BEFORE ANYONE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. MANY OF THESE MEN ARE BURIED IN THIS OLD BOOT HILL CEMETERY. -from the cemetery sign