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| buildings from the wild west era |
Even on the eve of the Civil War Americans turned their thoughts to get rich schemes. After the California gold rush in the 1840s that usually meant mining (gold, silver, copper and even lead). In 1859 the motherlode (the Comstock lode) was discovered in Six-Mile Canyon in the high desert of Nevada. Overnight Virginia City was incorporated in Storey County, Nevada and before the silver rush ended the town boasted that it had over 33,000 inhabitants including one fellow who would become quite famous in his own right, Mark Twain. |
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Easty Wed Jan 12, 2005 04:07 UTC
Virginia City is vintage old west. Great information on Virginia City. | roamer61 Fri Jun 18, 2004 19:39 UTC
Nice site on a historic town. | shrimp56 Thu Jun 10, 2004 15:06 UTC
Only a Carl would quote Thomas Hobbes on a page set in the desert :))) Fun page! | Bwana_Brown Sun Jun 6, 2004 16:05 UTC
A very enjoyable and informative page on this old Western town! Great photos of the buildings and it looks like you had great weather. That graveyard probably has many a tale to tell ! |
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