Pioche is the Lincoln County seat. The town has recreation center, that includes a park , picnic facilities, a swimming pool and a baseball diamond. It even has a nine-hole golf course for the you golfers. Plus there is a free campgrounds right in town.
Pioche's annual Labor Day week-end offers parades, mining events, a craft show, mining contests, lots of games for the kids and even has a fireworks display.
In 1864, William Hamblin, a Latter Day Saint missionary, was led to silver deposits in the vicinity of Pioche by a Native American Paiute. In 1868, San Francisco financier Francois L.A. Pioche purchased claims and constructed a smelter in the area, forming the Meadow Valley Mining Company. The mining camp was called "Pioche's City" and later became known as Pioche.

It has started to get warm in this motorhome, so signing off. Kitfoxgsal
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