![]() Montillus “Old Man” Beatty was known to open his home to miners passing through the area on the way to Death Valley.īeatty also served as the town’s first postmaster in addition to running his ranch, according to the Beatty Chamber of Commerce.īob Montgomery, who bought a large plot of land that would become the future town site of Beatty, named the town after Montillus. Here is the origin for many of Nevada’s town names:īeatty is named for an early settler and first postmaster in the town who moved to Oasis Valley, where the town is located, in 1896. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)įrom Winnemucca to Laughlin, towns across Nevada are named after a range of individuals from casino moguls to humble pioneers involved in the state’s mining and ranching history. ![]() American gambling entrepreneur and hotelier Don Laughlin poses for a portrait in his office at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino in Laughlin in November 2013.
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