OVERTON, Nev. – In this town of 4,244, some 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the best-known city in the Sagebrush state, which is also known as the Silver State, there is no strip, no glitz, and no high rollers—just everyday folk trying to make a living, live and let live.
They have the same worries that the rest of Americans have. They worry about the economy, the environment, and the school system. Mainly they are concerned about the drought which has plagued the West for over ten years.
“This thing is getting serious,” said a local dressed like you would expect a man from these parts to dress—scruffy cowboy boots, jeans, a flannel shirt, and a beat-up Western style hat with the appearance that it had been stomped on a few times.