Please Visit our New Website at www.nevadatravel.net for more Pahrump Information Guide to Pahrump   Elevation:  1,000 feet Modern Pahrump is made up of clusters of vigorous commercial development scattered along the highway and the heavily developed Loop Road, and almost randomly elsewhere in the valley. On a major Las Vegas-Death Valley route, all services are available.

Pahrump, Nevada Calendar of Annual Events JANUARY Southwest Chili Cook-Off775-727-5953 FEBRUARY Sweetheart Ball775-727-5800 JUNE High Desert 500 Mi Off-Road Race800-633-9378 JULY Fourth of July Celebration727-5800 SEPTEMBER Harvest Festival775-727-5800 OCTOBER Annual Grape Stomp Festival775-727-6900 Welcome to Pahrump These businesses are pleased to welcome you Local Area Information PAHRUMP VALLEY CHAMBER of Commerce. 1201 Frontage Road, Hwy 160. 800-633-9378. Pahrump is the main corridor from Las Vegas to Death Valley. A rural valley with two motels, one hotel, five RV parks, two golf courses, a variety of restaurants and the only winery in Nevada. Parks and recreation areas. Several yearly events. Harvest Festival, PRCA Rodeo every September. Visit us: for information, 775-727-5800. Shopping SMOKE SIGNALS Trading Post. 191-1 South Frontage Road. 775-727-0554. Sample a bit of Indian America. Indian owned and operated. Step back in time with Native American Weaponry and old jewelry/beadwork, offered along with beautiful new authentic Indian jewelry. Many items are made on the premises. Ask about the wagon tour and primitive camp set-up. Winery PAHRUMP VALLEY VINEYARDS. Highway 160. 775-727-6900. Add sparkle to your itinerary! Visit Nevada's only winery. Taste our award-winning wines, tour our elegant facility, then relax in our comfortable restaurant. You'll marvel at the view of Mt. Charleston towering over endless deseert vistas while enjoying superb cuisine. So, next trip, "Win(e)d" your way to Pahrump. A brief History & Description of Pahrump, Nevada by David W. Toll When Aaron and Rosie Winters, discoverers of the vast borax deposits in Death Valley, retired in the 1880s to a ranch in this oddly named valley (it means Big Spring in the Southern Paiute language) an hour's drive west of Las Vegas, they planted grapes and made wine. Pahrump Valley wines were sold in southern Nevada saloons for many years afterward. This remote valley had been a familiar stopping place for travelers long before the Winters came. Twenty years earlier in fact, the valley attracted great attention when prospector George Breyfogle appeared in Austin, far to the north, and showed amazingly rich samples from a huge deposit of gold he had found. The excited Breyfogle hurried south at the head of an eager mob of gold seekers. But storms or the vagaries of memory had played over the landscape to such an extent that the confused Breyfogle could not find the spot where the gold was waiting. The disappointed crowd returned to Austin in disgust, but Breyfogle and other determined prospectors prowled the Pahrump Valley and other likely locations for years in search of the gold. You may be the one to find it-- no-one else has. By the time the ranchers in the valley managed to attract a Post Office in 1891, most of them had given up on wine grapes and switched to growing cotton. For the past several decades lettuce, golf and retirement real estate have been the main cash crops, but a few years ago winemaking has returned with the establishment of the Pahrump Valley Vineyards. The distinctive Mission-style structure--but with a bright blue roof!--occupies a prominent place on the slope below Mount Charleston, which provides an impressive, almost Swiss backdrop when it is capped with snow. The winery grounds are nicely landscaped, lawned and watered, but wild horses invaded the vineyard and destroyed the two-year-old vines as they were about to deliver their first crop. Cautious replanting has begun, but for now California growers supply the grapes for the wines made here, including prize winning reds (an exceptional cabernet sauvignon) and whites made with the Symphony grape. The tasting room, gift shop and restaurant all reflect the highest traditions of the contemporary wine culture, including free tours. Pahrump is growing rapidly, as this street scene demonstrates. Modern Pahrump is made up of clusters of vigorous commercial development scattered along the highway and the heavily developed Loop Road, and almost randomly elsewhere in the valley. One new casino occupies a parcel far from the highway, between a turf farm and a horse pasture. The new Black Sheep Brewery, a 10,000-barrel a year microbrewery, is on Oakridge between Manse Rd and Thousandaire St, scheduled to begin pumping suds in the summer of '96 (follow the signs to SKP Co-op; the brewery is in the big metal building across the street). Visitors can now travel by wagon train to the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, a magical wetland in the burning desert. Emphasis is on history and ecology, but it's just plain fun, too. And the food's good. Details at the Smoke SignalsTrading Post. The annual Harvest Fair is Pahrump's annual celebration of itself--two 18-hole golf courses, an inviting park with picnic tables and a swimming pool are enjoyable the year around. Pahrump is on a major Las Vegas-Death Valley route, and all services are available.