View Single Post Old 12-31-2012, 11:25 AM   #1161 AntiHero OP
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Above ground Oddometer: 1,146 The History of the Amargosa Opera
House (from Wiki): Marta Becket rented the recreation hall in
1967, then known as Corkhill Hall, began repairs, created the
sets, painted murals on the adobe walls and renamed it the
Amargosa Opera House.[4] In 1970, journalists from National
Geographic discovered Becket doing a performance at the Amargosa
Opera House without an audience. Their profile and another in
Life led to an international interest in Becket and her theater.
She began performing to visitors from around the world,
including such notables as Ray Bradbury and Red Skelton.[5] In
1983, the Opera House bought 120 theater seats from the Boulder
City Theater in Boulder City, Nevada to replace the worn garden
chairs needing retirement.  Think about it--'crazy' lady in the
60s hoofs it to Death Valley and not only builds an Opera House
in the middle of nowhere