Location:
Approximately 16 miles south of Wells, Nevada along active railroad tracks.
Type OF Site:
Old Railroad Stop with old foundations.
Map:
1:100,000-Scale Geological Survey Topographic Map of Wells, Nevada-Utah
Directions:
Take exit 352A (Wells/93) from I80 and go south on highway 93 for 9.3 miles to the Tobar 7 miles sign on the left. There is a work/sand/gravel area at this point. (Along the way from Wells, at 5.5 miles, you will pass the exit to highway 232 for the Boaz site. See Boaz.) Exit highway 93 at the Tobar 7 miles sign and go straight through the work/sand/gravel area to the dirt road that takes off on the right to Tobar. (There are no signs.)
At .3 miles from exiting highway 93, the road splits left and right. Go to the left towards the tracks.
At .6 miles you will come to a dirt road that parallels the tracks. Go to the right and stay on the main gravel road all the way.
At 1.4 miles there are two white posts, one with a black top and one with a white top, (there are several of these posts along the way). It looks like there might have been something here at one time and this is about where the maps show Ruby. Is this the Ruby site? See Ruby.
At 2.8 miles the road splits. Stay to the right.
At 6.3 miles the road splits left and straight. This appears to be the Tobar site. There are a few old foundations in the area.
Heading back, dont miss the left turn at 5.7 miles from the Tobar site and the right turn at 6 miles to get back to the work/sand/gravel area and back to highway 93.
Access:
There is a good dirt/gravel road all the way. A 2WD vehicle should be OK in good weather. A vehicle pulling a trailer or camper should be OK.
Comments:
Use caution along the tracks since they are active.
History:
From ghosttowns.com:
Tobar was a construction camp building in 1908 by the Western Pacific Railroad. During construction a sign was put up that said "To Bar"... this became Tobar, the towns name. A post office opened up in 1911 and the town was booming but by the end of the 1920's only the station and the school, the store and the post office were left. By 1950 only the water tower and the depot and some odds and ends were left. Extensive foundations remain.
