This city struck it rich with a well-preserved ghost town. The Cartwrights and Bonanza made Virginia City, Nevada, famous. But the other...
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Virginia City
Two Proper Irish Gentlemen John Mackay and Jack O’Brian
The Comstock Lode produced over 400 million dollars over the next thirty years and produced sixty millionaires, more than all the other mines in the...
Not-so-honest Jack Davis The businessman turned train robber paid the price.
On the outside, Jack Davis appeared to be an honest businessman in the Virginia City, Nevada area. But in November 1870, he showed his true...
Did Virginia City, Nevada, ever have any Notable Gunmen?
Did Virginia City, Nevada, ever have any notable gunmen? Alexander Young Crestwood, Kentucky The first notable gunman who comes to mind is Andrew...
Virginia City, Nevada: Queen of the Comstock
In its boom days in the early 1860s, Virginia City, Nevada, “royally roosted” midway up the steep slope of Mount Davidson, a boomtown visible from...