Virginia City Historic Town
Virginia City is a town in Nevada, southeast of Reno. It's home to Victorian buildings built during a 19th-century mining boom. These include the reportedly haunted Washoe Club and stately Piper’s Opera House. Collections at The Way It Was Museum feature mining artifacts and maps. Fourth Ward School Museum has an 1876 classroom and history displays. Silver ore and rock drills are among the exhibits at Chollar Mine.
Elevation: 6,148′
Population: 855 (2010)
VIRGINIA CITY
Roughly 20 miles southeast of Reno lies a little nugget of history in Virginia City, Nevada. Most famous for the Comstock Lode, this historic town was a booming mining establishment for several decades in the mid-1800s. Jump back in time by taking a stroll down the wooden sidewalks, quenching your thirst at one the unique saloons, riding on a steam engine or taking a haunted ghost tour in what was once the most important industrial city between Denver and San Francisco.
Virginia City has been attracting visitors to the area with arts and culture for more than 150 years with art centers and museums scattered throughout the area. Historic Piper’s Opera House, located on a hillside overlooking C street, is considered one of the nation’s most famous performance venues and one of the most significant vintage theatres in America. Built in 1885, and still in use, the stage has hosted President Grant, Buffalo Bill, Al Jolson and Mark Twain over the years.
Another piece of Virginia City arts history is the Fourth Ward School. Built as a state-of-the-art school in 1876, the Fourth Ward now serves as a museum to commemorate the American West. Permanent exhibits include the Fourth Ward School building with an 1870’s classroom, a historic overview of the Comstock, as well as Virginia City alumni photographs and memorabilia. With more than 15 museums, you may have to visit multiple times to see them all!
THINGS TO DO IN VIRGINIA CITY
V&T Railroad
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad is, by far, the most famous of all American short-line railroads. In its heyday, as many as 45 trains a day arrived and departed Virginia City. President Ulysses S. Grant and dignitaries the world overrode in the ornate coaches of the Virginia & Truckee. Completed in 1869, these trains hauled millions of dollars of gold and silver ore from the rich mines of Virginia City.
Take a 35-minute excursion back into the Old West with a journey on the V&T Railroad from Virginia City, through tunnel 4 to Gold Hill, Nevada. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride while taking in the spectacular mountain scenery. Hear the conductor narrate the amazing history of the Comstock while the train chuffs past the famous Comstock Bonanza mine ruins.
Virginia City Haunted Locations and Ghost Tours
Well known for its rich mining history, Virginia City is self-proclaimed as one of the most haunted towns in America. If you like to dabble in the paranormal or are looking to try something new and a little spooky, Virginia City offers many haunted locations, as well as guided ghost tours.
Built in 1876, the Silver Queen Hotel has many reported accounts of paranormal activity by guests over the years. If you choose to brave the night, you may encounter tapping on the walls, loud banging and possibly the sound of footsteps said to be coming from a woman who took her own life in Room 11. Another hotel said to be haunted is located right down the street in front of the old Yellowjacket mine, The Gold Hill Hotel and Miner’s Cabin. Home to two well-known spirits, this hotel draws visitors each year looking to stay in Rosie’s or William’s rooms and have their own encounter with the inhabitants.
VIRGINIA CITY HISTORY
In 1859, placer miners and prospectors in the western Great Basin made two amazing strikes of gold and silver ore near Virginia City. The Comstock Lode, as people soon called the ore body, resulted in what would today be billions of dollars in riches. Virginia City became a highly urbanized, industrial setting and by the early 1870s, together with its smaller neighbor, Gold Hill, reached a population of nearly 25,000, becoming one of the nation’s larger communities.
Mining camps are known to pass through an evolution of boom, dramatic growth and excitement and then decline — Virginia City certainly followed that pattern. By the early 1880s, it was becoming clear that the good times were over. It had been years since miners had discovered any new bonanzas, and thousands of people were leaving for better opportunities. By the Great Depression, Virginia City had declined, shrinking into a town of only several hundred people.
Interestingly, the NBC television Western, Bonanza, that ran from 1959 to 1973, brought a declining Virginia City back to life. Due to the enormous popularity of the show, visitors from around the world began to seek out and discover this famous Western city, previously known only through the chronicled, weekly adventures of the Cartwright family.
Historical Place Virginia City, Nevada, USA. The National Historic Landmark District.
Hello guys, please watch with this video the historical place Virginia City. Is home to many interpretive museums and sites, including the Silver Terrace Cemetery, the Fourth Ward School Museum, the Pioneer Cemetery, the Fireman's Museum, the Way It Was Museum, Piper's Opera House, the Police Officer's Museum, St. Mary's Art Center, and numerous exhibits in businesses throughout town.
Virginia City & The Ponderosa Ranch
My June 1999 visit to Virginia City, Nevada and the Ponderosa Ranch.
Virginia City, Nevada
The opening shot flies over the steel headframe (built 1913) and shaft of the New York Mine in Gold Hill, Nevada. At 0:43 into the program we arrive in Virginia City, Nevada with a view overlooking the southern portion of the town. Looking northeast, we can see St. Mary in the Mountains Catholic church (built 1876). At 0:50 into the program, we are on approach to Virginia City, this time overflying the Mackay Mansion Museum (right foreground), built in 1859 by George Hearst to house the mining offices of the Gould & Curry mines. At 1:06 into the program, our flight takes us above C Street (Nevada State Route 341) to where the Virginia City Chamber of Commerce keeps their offices in what used to be the bullion car of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. At 1:14 into the program, we continue our overflight along C Street, passing over the bullion car, and continuing on towards the Storey County District Courthouse, and Piper’s Opera House (background). At 1:36 into the program, our flight over Virginia City provides spectacular views of St. Mary in the Mountains. At 1:47 into the program, we enjoy a flight over the beautifully restored Savage Mansion. Still a mining office today, the Savage Mansion hosted then former president Ulysses S. Grant in 1879. At 1:59 into the program, the penultimate shot drifts towards B Street from the southeast, flying towards the Courthouse. At the center of the picture, we can see A Street midway between Taylor and Union streets, the point of origin of the Great Fire of Tuesday 26 October 1875 which, according to Dan DeQuille's History of the Big Bonanza”, burnt a swath through the city half a mile square.
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The Wild West Virginia City
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Virginia City is a small, basically one street town, in Nevada. It’s an old west town that had the richest deposit of silver and gold that ever struck in the continental U.S. There is great history on Virginia City, which makes entertaining present day attractions.
Some attractions Spekktacular saw and experienced were:
1. Virginia City Outlaws Wild West Show
2. Fourth Ward School Museum
3. Piper’s Opera House
4. Storey County Courthouse
5. The Comstock Lode History
6. Ponderosa Mine Tour
7. The Silver Terrace Cemeteries
8. Ghost Haunting at the Washoe Club Haunted Museum
9. Ghost Haunting at the Silver Queen Hotel
10. Shopping/ Virginia City Mall
11. Bars and live entertaining
12. The Way It Was Museum
13. Mark Twain Museum of Memories
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This is my favorite town to visit in the United States...Virginia City, Nevada because it turns back the time to mid 1800's...This town was built in the gold and silver rush days where gambling and prostitution is still legal today...I collect Carson City silver dollars from the mint there from the 1800's as I love real silver and gold coins...I wear a 1911 five dollar gold coin ring...I make vintage real silver coin necklaces and bolo's taken from these mines and make crystal jewelry necklaces and earrings for friends for my fun and give them away...I was taught by Apache Indians in Arizona as I was friends with the Chief back in 1970 and all the men Indians make fabulous jewelry...I'm also into turquoise and Branch red coral...
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
In a lonely shack by a railroad track
I spent my younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made me a slave to my wand'ring ways
And the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
Oh I met a girl in a border town
I vowed we'd never part
Though I tried my best to settle down
She's now alone with a broken heart
And the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
The next of kin to the wayward wind
Time Lapse - Driving Nevada - Gardnerville - Lake Tahoe - Reno - Virginia City
Here is the last time lapse video from out vacation! Here we started out in Gardnerville, drove up Kingsberry grade to Lake Tahoe. I quick view of south Tahoe before driving around the east shoreline. A couple of good panoramic views over the lake. We then drive over the pass at Mt Rose then cruise into Reno to get another memory card from Best Buy. Then a quick drive through Virginia City then back to Carson valley. It was a great trip so I hope you enjoy the sights! This video was created all by images and no video. The panoramic views were images that were stitched together for this video!
Virginia City Nevada USA
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3 MINUTES/ A VISIT TO: Virginia City, Nevada Revisited/ Part 1/ 1999
I've shot a lot of things over the years, and up until now, they've been in my digital library files. I'm editing my film and tape footage and creating a series of 3 minute video shorts called 3 Minutes, A Visit To: The footage is shot with either a VHS or DV camcorder so it varies in quality, but I think there's a lot of footage that you may think is interesting. In keeping with the “3 minute” format some of the longer footage is split up into several parts. Before each segment is a short description. A longer, more detailed description is below.
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Virginia City Revisited/ Part 1
On one of my trips, I revisited Virginia City Nevada. This time however I was going to stay overnight in one of those hotel rooms that are above the saloon, like in all those western movies. I arrived late one afternoon and got a room at one of the oldest hotels in Virginia City, the Silver Queen/ Molinelli's Hotel. The room was in the front on the third floor and had a bed, a lamp, a small sink and a toilet. It was a bit pricy for the room I got. There was no TV and no air conditioning, a perfect setting for a back in time experience in a bonified old western town. After watching Bonanza, Gunsmoke and all those westerns for years I figured I'd be in my room late at night on the bed, listening to the honky tonk piano playing Oh Susanna and listening to bar fights down below. That wasn’t to be. The bar closed around 9pm. All the tourists leave town by nightfall, and it's dead quiet by 10pm. Everything closes down, and there is nothing to do. I tried to go to sleep, but it was too quiet. I heard later that the hotel was haunted. Oh how I wish that some random ghost showed up in my room, so I would have someone to talk to. As the sun started rising I pulled out my video camera and shot some views through my open window. After breakfast, I walked over to the Piper’s Opera House built by entrepreneur John Piper in 1885 to replace the one that had been destroyed by fire. I spent a little time there shooting the interior.
Please note: The experience I’m relating is an experience I had in 1999 and many things could have changed in Virginia City….hopefully not too much.
All video footage is ©2018 Ron Hamill
A TOUR OF CARSON CITY, NEVADA
This video takes you on a tour of Carson City Nevada and its main 4 attractions. Those attractions are the Nevada State Capital building, the Governor's Mansion, The Nevada State Museum and The Nevada State Railroad Museum. Carson City is a neat place to visit if you're traveling to Reno or Lake Tahoe along the way. You can spend a few hours or a whole day there. It's totally up to you. For information on Carson City and the attractions featured in this video
PONDEROSA RANCH - ONE LAST LOOK
Something a little different for fans of Bonanza and the Ponderosa Ranch. Some pictures and video clips of the ranch mixed in with some Bonanza clips put to some pretty cool western music. Enjoy!
The Ponderosa Ranch opened in 1967 by Bill & Joyce Anderson in Incline Village, Nevada and was a replica of the home of the Cartwrights of TV's Bonanza. After almost 40 years as a popular western tourist attraction, the Ponderosa Ranch closed its gates in 2005.
Natural Beauty in Virginia City of America (USA) 2019 Tour (HD)
Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada.[2] It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Virginia City sprang up as a boomtown with the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver deposit discovery in the United States, with numerous mines opening. At the city's peak of population in the mid-1870s, it had an estimated 25,000 residents. The mines' output declined after 1878, and the city itself declined as a result. As of the 2010 Census the population of Virginia City was about 855,[3] and that of Storey County 4,000.
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Virginia City, Nevada 89440 Real Estate For Sale Open House Saturday June 20th 11AM-1PM
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This Victorian Charm is located in Historic Virginia City just a couple of blocks from downtown. With spectacular views of the 4th of July fireworks this is a one of a kind. Your morning cup of coffee on the decks will be the only way you'll want to start your day.
The majestic mountain views are breathtaking and the yard is just enough for vegetable or flower gardens.
The private master suite located upstairs includes an over sized walk in dressing room/closet that adjoins it's own private bathroom. Balcony has incredible views from master.
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Outdoor Nevada S3 Ep9 | Our Radioactive History
We visit the National Atomic Testing Museum and take a drive out to the Nevada National Security Site. Then to top off the day, we grab a drink at the historic Atomic Liquors in Downtown Las Vegas.
Ponderosa Ranch
Recorded June 21, 1999.
The Ponderosa Ranch was a theme park based on the popular 1960s television western Bonanza. The amusement park operated in Incline Village, near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, from 1967 until 2004. Portions of the last five seasons of the TV series and three TV movies were also filmed at that location. The main attraction was the ranch's version of Virginia City, which was miles from the real Virginia City but immediately adjacent to the rear of the house set.
This video is mostly of the performances on the street in Virginia City. There is also a segment from the ranch house used in the TV series Bonanza.
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Sights from surrounding areas of Reno, NV in 2001.
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The Haunted Gold Hill Miners Cabin Gold Hill Nevada The Ghost Miners of Gold Hill NV By Soul Seekers
On this episode of Soul Seekers we travel all the way to Gold Hill Nevada to investigate one of the most haunted Cabins in the United States The Gold Hill Miners Cabin , On April 7th 1869 Nevada's worst mining accident happened at this location at least 35 miners died in a fire and their bodies never recovered inside the Yellow Jacket Mines, This Cabin located next to Virginia City Nevada in the Neighboring town of Gold Hill sits on top of the mines where these bodies are still till this day. Soul Seekers Dante Reeder, Violet Grindle and newest investigator Reina Enrique set off to investigate the haunted claims said to take place at the Gold Hill Miners Cabin. This is one of the Locations featured on The Ghost Adventures Documentary, Soul Seekers will give you a closer look into this location. Enjoy!
Women Of The Wild West
Join Kim Copel and Lisa Bommarito as they present Julia Bulette and Eilley Bowers in this wonderful Women of the Wild West play. Performed at the historic Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada on July 9, 2013