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Located at the north end of the Pyramid Mountains near the old stage stop at Mexican Springs, Shakespeare was first known as Pyramid Station. Later named Ralston, it collapsed in 1874 after a diamond swindle. The town was revived as Shakespeare in 1879, taking its name from the Shakespeare silver mining company, but the economic depression of 1893 closed the mines and turned it into a ghost town.
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