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Thirty miles north of Shoshone, CA sits the little town of Amargosa Junction. During the years 1923-1925, the Pacific Coast Borax Company constructed a company town consisting of a complex of spanish Colonial style buildings of adobe. Today the hotel and opera house is still open with a little cafe but the rest of the town is in disrepair.
Marta Beckett, an artist and pianist from New York, had her car break down near the town while out on vacation in 1967 and upon seeing the theater fell in love with it and decided to rent it for $45 a month and to assume responsiblity for repairs. Marta danced and performed in the theater from 1968 until 2012. She is now in her nineties and still lives in town.
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| Kristy drinking coffee in the little cafe |
We enjoyed a great meal in the cafe and saw a performance in the Opera House, where the walls and ceiling are covered with Marta's beautiful murals.
There is a great documentary about Marta and her amazing life titled Amargosa.
Update 2/1/2017. Marta Beckett died on January 31st, 2017. At the age of 92. Here is to a life well lived.
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| Murals inside Opera House |
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| The hotel is said to be haunted |
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