Denver / San Francisco / Carson City / Parade Virginia City / /
Company
Silver Terrace Cemetery / Virginia City NV / American Fire Co. / TROLLEY AND CARRIAGE TOURS / John Mackay / Big Brother Holding Co. / Bank of California / Chollar Mine Tours / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Man-Made Disaster / /
Facility
Nevada Mill / Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum / Silver State National Peace Officers Museum / Memorial Day Celebration / Belcher Mine / Gold Hill Hotel / Sugarloaf Mountain Motel / Storey County Jail / National Peace Officers Museum / Comstock Gold Mill / Comstock Firemen's Museum / Storey County Courthouse / Gold Mill / Street House Inn / Silver Queen Hotel / Way It Was Museum / Virginia City's Chollar Mine / Piper’s Opera House / The Way It Was Museum / Red Dog Saloon / Mackay Mansion / Cobb Mansion / Virginia City Motel / Silverland Inn / Silver Queen Hotel's saloon / Mark Twain Museum / Tahoe House Hotel / Edith Palmer's Country Inn / Piper's Opera House / Comstock Lodge / The Marshall Mint Museum / Ponderosa Saloon / The Mackay Mansion / Chollar Mine / Delta Saloon / Blood bar / MINE TOURS Silver / /
Holiday
New Year's Day / Halloween / Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
vibrant mining metropolis / iconic mining town / historic mining town / large mining / mining / law enforcement / antique mining equipment / telecom giant / matched paint horses / century mining bonanza / /
NaturalFeature
Lake Tahoe / Carson River / Six Mile Canyon / Mount Davidson / Gold Hill / /
Organization
Catholic Church / Historic Fourth Ward School / Fourth Ward School Cultural Center / Art Center / Millionaires Washoe Club / Comstock History Center / Fourth Ward School / /
Person
Janis Joplin / Edith Palmer / Adolph Sutro / Herman J. Harris / Joshua Hendy / Julia Bulette / Madame Julia Bulette / /
VIRGINIA CITY FACT SHEET LOCATION: At 6,200 feet on Mount Davidson, historic Virginia City is 25 miles from Reno and 45 miles from Lake Tahoe. Like many cities in Nevada, Virginia City was a mining “boomtown” with mo