It originally was founded in 1867 as part of the silver mining boom . George Wheeler found the district abandoned in 1871 . Then , in 1905 , as part of the gold boom , " 4,000 people flood ( ed ) into the region " . The Nye and Ormsby County Bank , the only stone structure to be built in the town , was erected in 1906 , but a decline followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1907 depression
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Manhattan, Nevada