Fourth Ward School House, Virginia City, Nevada
Restored School house from the late 1800s.
Fourth Ward School Mining Gallery
Paranormal investigation at the Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, NV.
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.
Part 1 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
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Fourth Ward Walk.mp4
Tour the last four-storied, wooden, Victorian, public school of its kind still standing in the United States.
Part 4 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
Part 6 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
Part 2 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
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.
Part 5 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
EVP Fourth Ward School Virginia City NV 7-7-12 - Voice To Voice EVP #26
Here is another video of findings I did inside the old Fourth Ward School in Virginia City, NV in July 2012. Check out my blog at voice2voiceEVP.blogspot.com for great articles and more videos!
Virginia City Nevada
Traveling twin sisters, Gabrielle & Victoria, take you to the authentic Wild West Town of Virginia City, Nevada...complete with a steam engine train ride, western photos at Priscilla Pennyworth's Old Time Photos, pizza at the Red Dog, & a tour of the Fourth Ward School. Much more to see and do, check it out!!!
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Fourth Ward Historic School - Part 2 Wall Of Memories
This is what is called historical graffiti as right near the switchboard along the stairwell to the second floor the students of the class of 1936 signed there names knowing that they were the last pupils to leave behind a legacy. For nearly fifty years the school remained abandoned however this wall is one of memories and is now part of its rich cultural history!
Part 3 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
Virginia City Cemetary
Virginia City, Nevada
Fourth Ward Historic School - Part 4 The Dead End Mine
Everything you really ever wanted to know about mining along with some of Nevada's precious minerals can be found here. This room educates others on safety such as not entering mines however our group does so we found this room to be really fantastic. Many of the mining relics I have seen in ghost towns and adventuring around mines these are pieces of history. I think you can hear the excitement in my voice while filming this clip come see for yourselves the rust, mine map and mine model are killer!
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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Virginia City, Nevada
Take a short tour of Virginia City, located in the wonderful state of, Nevada. You never know who you might meet! This is just a very short sample of what awaits you.
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Part 7 - Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Preserving our Cultural Heritage for the New Millennium
This video features the Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson Valley Historical Association in Gardnerville, Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Archives, Archives of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, and the Storey County recorders Office in Virginia City.
nevadaculture.org
Virginia City, Nevada / Museum
Take a small tour with Eldorado Ed and Johnny Doc Williams as the venture thru the History of the Great Comstock Lode