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(August/September 2013) A LETTER from HERB about… RHYOLITE GHOST TOWN, EATING ANTS & COURTEOUS HOOKERS.

An excerpt: “Wes, for some reason, took a liking to me, and I in turn found him one of the most fascinating desert people I had the privilege of meeting. During the second world war years he was one of a few inhabitants at Rhyolite. He kept a well-stocked bar but, as a diabetic, refrained from indulging. It was Wes, you will recall, who ate live ants, prescribed by a Shoshone woman living in an old box car as treatment for his tuberculosis.”

To read more of Herb’s letter, and to see his photos of Rhyolite, click the image below:

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