Desert Messenger

April 16, 2014 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 CHECK OUT OUR NEW FULL MENU Monday Monday Night Football and Pool Tournament $1 Draft & Dogs! Tuesday Taco Tuesday Wed., Thurs. Karaoke 7pm Fri. & Sat. Hot Country Band Friday Fish Alaskan Cod $ 6 95 Saturday Steak & Shrimp Sunday Spaghetti & Karaoke 3pm 1090 Main Street Quartzsite, Arizona on the corner of W. Main Street and Kofa Road 928-927-6331 Open daily from 10am to 12 midnight LATE NIGHT MENU 10PM-Midnight The kitchen serves fresh food from 11am to midnight. OPEN 6am-8pm • 7 Days a Week Family Restaurant 1265 W. Main St., Quartzsite West of McDonald's • 928-927-6014 MOUNTAIN QUAIL C AFE Open 7am - 7pm 7 DAYS/ WEEK 928-927-8890 Open All Holidays! 490 N. Moon Mt. Ave., Quartzsite (corner of Moon Mt. & Quail Trail) B-10, Main St. Moon Mountain X Quail Trail N Hwy. 95, N. Central • DAILY SPECIALS • Thurs. SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS • Friday FISH Special • Sat. PRIME RIB Enjoy our Famous Bread Pudding ! Home Style Cooking! By Jenn Jedidiah Free for RocksInMyHead™ As we are planning our trips out of Quartzsite, one interesting route to consider is Hwy. 95 north through Nevada. Heading north from Laughlin and Las Vegas, there are several unique and his- toric mining towns along the way. A great one to stop in for a few days is Beatty. Beatty is a small town in the middle of the desert, 75 miles south of Tonopah and 150 miles north of Las Vegas. Fossils, cool rock, and ghost towns, oh my! ADVENTURES WITH ROCKS To the east is a military reservation, and to the west is Death Valley. In between there is vast ex- panse of desert, and lots of opportunities for outdoor ad- venture. There are old mines, ghost towns, rockhounding and fossil hunting sites, cool rock forma- tions, gold prospecting areas, hot springs, and more. Wild burros roam the streets and bighorn sheep can be seen in the moun- tains surrounding the town. The Amargosa Toad is endemic to the area and can be seen in the evenings along the banks of the Amargosa River. The Bullfrog Hills surrounding Beatty are rich in gold and brought settlers to Beatty in 1904. The Montgomery Hotel was built in 1905 and was one of the fi rst businesses in Beatty. Other businesses sprang up in Beatty to serve the mining communi- ties of the Bullfrog Mining District. Beatty became the economic center for the large but sparsely populat- ed region consisting mostly of mining camps. During the peak mining years, Be- atty was the business and transportation hub serv- ing the surrounding min- ing camps. Horse or mule drawn wagons and rail lines connected Beatty and the camps to Tonopah and Las Vegas. SEE ROCKS PAGE 17 SILLY AL'S PIZZA Famous Gourmet Pizza 175 E. Main St. EAT IN OR TAKE OUT! Reservations Accepted! Large Groups OK! Serving Quartsite at Same Location for over 20 years! Check our calendar! www.sillyalspizza.com 928-927-5585 LIVE MUSIC FRI & SAT. 7PM with ERN CUNNINGHAM GROWLERS for Sale! FREE WiFi! $1 Draft Beer 10-2 Everyday! KARAOKE DJ TUES-THURS 7PM with KEVIN JAMES $1 Tacos start Thurs. May 1st! The good news is that we plan to stay OPEN THIS SUMMER from 6am -2pm daily except Friday and Saturday when we will be open until 8pm We still have a big crowd on Friday Fish Night, so if you're coming in between 5pm & 6pm it would be a good idea to make reservations. Meanwhile the Quail says they have the best bread pudding in town...not true. Come in and try ours. Thank you for letting us serve you... Carl and crew...

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