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Charles Brown, courtesy of the Harold O. Weight collection, number 5
Charles Brown, who was sheriff at Greenwater and later a California state senator, photographed the north side of downtown, probably in early 1908. His photograph shows the wooden structures built when Greenwater was thought to have long-term promise. These buildings were later dismantled and moved; one still stands as a museum in nearby Shoshone. Vegetation, which formerly was dominated by Larrea tridentata (creosote bush), was cleared from the streets of town. Some rootstocks remained alive, except where trampling and compaction from humans, animals, and vehicles was heavy, and some shrubs of unknown species began to colonize the cleared streets. In the foreground, the plants all appear to be short-lived species, including Sphaeralcea ambigua (globe mallow) and Hymenoclea salsola (cheesebush). What appears to be an Ephedra nevadensis (Mormon tea) is in the center. (Charles Brown photograph, courtesy of the Harold O. Weight collection, number 5)