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El Rancho Hotel (ruins)

Lake Avenue
Wells, NV 89835

This gem was destroyed in a devastating earthquake on February 21, 2008.

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	El Rancho Hotel. Postcard ca. 1960.

	El Rancho Hotel. Postcard ca. 1950.

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Last updated: 2010-06-11 01:42:54