Fort Ruby is positioned on the largest body of fresh water in that particular area of Nevada. Two buildings remain standing, a sutler's store and a spring house. Water from the spring snakes along the grasses of the valley, helping to feed a seventeen thousand acre wetland. The long arid valleys characteristic of Nevada are here accentuated by the almost overwhelming chorus of birdsong and the reflective pools of life giving water. For the people who lived here, the Wat-a-duc