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Days Long Past.....

Virginia City is much more than the quirky shops you find today, Mixed in the row of small establishments are the buildings that have stood tall and proud for years and years, keeping a vigilant watch on our town just as the vigilantes kept watch on those same buildings long ago. Here you will find a timeless page of days gone past that make up our wonderful town that we call Virginia City.

Virginia City 1878

All in a day

The town was bustling in 1878 filled with folks of all sorts. C street was brimming with tradesmen, teams of horses with products and of course swindlers and moonlighters.

Virginia City News of old

Dangerous Gunplay

Before all of the candy shops and trinkets, there was gold, silver..... and LEAD!

Hedger & Noe Bldg.

C Street

A Horrible and fatal Accident

Virginia City was indeed a rough and tumble town!

On the brink of disaster and desolation

Virginia who?

At one point, from 1920 to 1950, Virginia City was on the brink of becoming a true & true Ghost Town, with just a handful of folks living here, the town was ready to shut down. If not for the continuous mining to keep the few employed, it certainly would have shuddered. When the show Bonanza aired on television, it brought throngs of visitors looking for the Cartwrights and this led to a revival and the Government to deem Virginia City a protected Historical City. As of 2020, there are 785 residents.

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A typical day on C Street as supplies are brought into town, circa 1800's

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Fourth of July Parade on C street as a woman with her child take a box camera photo, circa 1800's

Virginia City Watering holes

The "Common" Stash Wipe

Many saloons of the time had a "common" moustache wiping cloth for patrons to keep their appearance clean and free from beer foam, however this was one of the doomed  thoroughfares for TB or tuberculosis which led many a man to be labeled a "lunger", known for the constant hacking up on phlegm from their deteriorating lungs.

Newspaper ads

Excerpts from "1859 Virginia City Newspaper Adverts"-compiled by   Banker

80 North C Street

Nolan's Central House

A. Newman & Co Union house

Saloons Galore!

Gold Hill & Virginia City touted many saloons and watering holes!

Virginia Stables

Nelson W. Winton

County Clerk

Capital & El Dorado Saloon

Gold Hill / Virginia City

Gold Hill / American City

Quick & Gagnon

Stanway & Sons

Nudd, Stanley & Co.

Artists rendition of an 1800's Virginia City Saloon

"B" Street Parade

 Virginia City

(Parking Lot)

Buildings From Long ago

The International Hotel 

The Comstock House / Horseshoe Restaurant

Virginia City livery stables on B street

The Union Brewery

C Street

(L-R) The Cigar Bar, VC Mexican Kitchen, Union Brewery, Roasting House

The Frederick House

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.

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