Virginia City
A typical day on C Street as supplies are brought into town, circa 1800's
Newspaper ads
Excerpts from "1859 Virginia City Newspaper Adverts"-compiled by Carl Elizondo
North C Street
Stateler & Arrington-Bankers
B & Taylor Street
Shehan & Stahl
No.17 North B street
Samuel Snow
Arsenic Complection Wafers
Can you imagine?
Cure for a cough?
Heroin was once the cure for the common cough, in the 1800's, the hayday of medicine.
New Motor Buggy
The times, they were a changin'
(Grandmas Fudge Bldg)
Buildings From Long ago
The Virginia City Theatre
(Parking Lot)
Buildings From Long ago
The International Hotel
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Buildings From Long ago
The Comstock House / Horseshoe Restaurant
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Buildings From Long ago
A Virginia City Butcher Shop
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Buildings From Long ago
The Union Brewery
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Buildings From Long ago
A Nun pondering at St. Marys Hospital
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Buildings From Long ago
(L-R) The Cigar Bar, VC Mexican Kitchen, Union Brewery, Roasting House
Buildings From Long ago
The Frederick House
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V&T Railroad
Passengers exit the train to mill about Virginia City
Did You Know?.....
"Mining on the Comstock", depicting the headframes and mills of the various mines, and mining technology used at Comstock, most prominently the method of square-set timbering developed there to work the veins.