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Hawthorne, Nevada

Mineral County · Population 2,827 · Card no. 10732

A Walker Lake town beside the largest ammunition depot in the world.

The Hawthorne Army Depot covers about 230 square miles and stores ordnance in thousands of bunkers.
Walker Lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan.
The depot moved here in 1930 after an explosion in New Jersey.

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