I was just thinking of this. Were they selling it because of the giant mutated ants?
I actually went there a few times in college. I used to take some ladies out for camping and both Nipton and Goffs had general stores you could stock up on if you forgot something.
Nipton was a wicked place, debased and corrupt. It served all comers, so long as they paid. Profligate troops, Powder Gangers, men of the Legion such as myself - the people here didn't care. It was a town of whores. For a pittance, the town agreed to lead those it had sheltered into a trap. Only when I sprang it did they realize they were caught inside it, too.
