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Did Virginia City, Nevada, ever have any Notable Gunmen?

by | Oct 30, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did Virginia City, Nevada, ever have any notable gunmen? Alexander Young Crestwood, Kentucky The first notable gunman who comes to mind is Andrew Jackson Davis, better known as “Big Jack” or “Smiling Jack.” After moving to the Comstock Lode in 1859, he bought a stamp mill in Six-Mile Canyon near Virginia City, Nevada, and organized an outlaw gang. His men robbed stagecoaches, trains and wagons hauling bullion west of town, on the narrow Sierra Nevada Mountain roads David used his mill


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