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Memorial Day weekend. Pipers Opera House Virginia City Nevada. Kathy Lantz presents The National Anthem of The USA. For those Americans who died in battle for Freedom throughout the world.
Pipers Opera House - Virginia City
Piper's Opera House, Virginia City NV. Shot clip of segment #1 of Pipers Opera House. This segment includes only EVPs and probably better to listen again with headphones. There were a lot of whispers and had to make out speech so only included a few of them. This is part #1 of #2.
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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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.
Ron Hamill
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
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.
Lost Footage of the Piper's Opera Theater and the Silver Queen Hotel.
The Researching The Paranormal Team went to Virginia City Nevada to check out places we could Investigate in the Future.
Victorian Secrets - Part 3
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian times in Nevada. With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel lady of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned her corset, hoop skirt and other unmentionables.
Then youll get a private view of the genuine artifacts which are safeguarded at the Nevada State Museums Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center in Carson City, where Loverin oversees the study and preservation of thousands of items of clothing used by Nevadans over the past two centuries.
The Center houses more than 10,000 artifacts ranging from the 19th century to current-day fashions, and includes such items as the Inaugural Ball gowns of Nevadas First Ladies, hats and shoes, mens and military wear, as well as items from the Nevada Historical Society and the University of Nevada School of Home Economics. The Center is named for former First Lady Marjorie Guild Russell, whose father, Judge Clark Guild, started the Nevada State Museum in 1939. It is open by appointment to the public. For more information, call 775.687.6173.
The video features period music performed by Sparks Little Theater for the Nevada Womens History Project 2002 conference, at Pipers Opera House in Virginia City .
Victorian Secrets - Part 1
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian times in Nevada. With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel lady of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned her corset, hoop skirt and other unmentionables.
Then youll get a private view of the genuine artifacts which are safeguarded at the Nevada State Museums Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center in Carson City, where Loverin oversees the study and preservation of thousands of items of clothing used by Nevadans over the past two centuries.
The Center houses more than 10,000 artifacts ranging from the 19th century to current-day fashions, and includes such items as the Inaugural Ball gowns of Nevadas First Ladies, hats and shoes, mens and military wear, as well as items from the Nevada Historical Society and the University of Nevada School of Home Economics. The Center is named for former First Lady Marjorie Guild Russell, whose father, Judge Clark Guild, started the Nevada State Museum in 1939. It is open by appointment to the public. For more information, call 775.687.6173.
The video features period music performed by Sparks Little Theater for the Nevada Womens History Project 2002 conference, at Pipers Opera House in Virginia City .
Silver State Sights Episode 14: The Silver Queen
Some say its haunted, but I just say its historic. The Silver Queen hotel has been around since 1876, and is a true throwback to the way things were in Virginia City.
Victorian Secrets - Part 4
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian times in Nevada. With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel lady of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned her corset, hoop skirt and other unmentionables.
Then youll get a private view of the genuine artifacts which are safeguarded at the Nevada State Museums Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center in Carson City, where Loverin oversees the study and preservation of thousands of items of clothing used by Nevadans over the past two centuries.
The Center houses more than 10,000 artifacts ranging from the 19th century to current-day fashions, and includes such items as the Inaugural Ball gowns of Nevadas First Ladies, hats and shoes, mens and military wear, as well as items from the Nevada Historical Society and the University of Nevada School of Home Economics. The Center is named for former First Lady Marjorie Guild Russell, whose father, Judge Clark Guild, started the Nevada State Museum in 1939. It is open by appointment to the public. For more information, call 775.687.6173.
The video features period music performed by Sparks Little Theater for the Nevada Womens History Project 2002 conference, at Pipers Opera House in Virginia City .
Washoe Club Ghost tour Virginia City
Virginia City Nv, Choir PART 2 spring concert 2016
Virginia City Nv, middle school and high school choir sing The sound of silence by Simon and Garfunkel. In the historic Pipers Opera House.
Virginia City Nv, Choir spring concert 2016
Virginia City Nv, middle school and high school choir sing Imagine by John Lennon in historic Pipers Opera House
Victorian Secrets - Part 2
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian times in Nevada. With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel lady of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned her corset, hoop skirt and other unmentionables.
Then youll get a private view of the genuine artifacts which are safeguarded at the Nevada State Museums Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center in Carson City, where Loverin oversees the study and preservation of thousands of items of clothing used by Nevadans over the past two centuries.
The Center houses more than 10,000 artifacts ranging from the 19th century to current-day fashions, and includes such items as the Inaugural Ball gowns of Nevadas First Ladies, hats and shoes, mens and military wear, as well as items from the Nevada Historical Society and the University of Nevada School of Home Economics. The Center is named for former First Lady Marjorie Guild Russell, whose father, Judge Clark Guild, started the Nevada State Museum in 1939. It is open by appointment to the public. For more information, call 775.687.6173.
The video features period music performed by Sparks Little Theater for the Nevada Womens History Project 2002 conference, at Pipers Opera House in Virginia City .
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
Comstock Trail Part 3 Low and Behold Its Virginia City
As you traverse deeper into the Virginia Mountains you find their is another side to Virginia City that very rarely gets seen by its visitors. The back hills are full of forest, serene views, vistas and hidden historic sites. Just below these hills is the town which is littered with some of the most haunted sites in the country places like the Fourth Ward, School, Pipers Opera House, Washoe Club, Old Hospital etc all supposed haunted sites!
Virginia City Special Events
Fans of history, delicious and unusual food, outlandish events and good old fashioned family fun will find their mecca in Virginia City, Nevada. Located just 35 miles from downtown Reno, the historic mountain town offers a complete listing of events with its 2017 special events calendar. The annual lineup includes world famous events such as the International Camel & Ostrich Races and the World Championship Outhouse Races, as well as up and coming events like The Way It Was Rodeo in August. The town boasts several saloon crawls and more than 10 parades throughout the year. With something unique and fun to do every month, any time is a good time to visit Virginia City.
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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We Investigated The Scary Washoe Club
This is Part 2 of our visit to Virginia City Nevada in 2017.
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