Top 10 worst small towns in Montana.
Top 10 worst small towns in Montana.
Montana is a great state with great landscapes and outdoor activities. It's just not for everyone.
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Virginia City, Montana.. Ghost Town
By definition, Virginia City, Montana is a ghost town, yet it is very much alive. Frozen in time, this historic city provides one of the best-preserved examples of the many mining camps of the American West.
Perched high in the Rocky Mountains in a bowl along Alder Gulch, Virginia City got its start when gold was discovered in Alder Gulch in 1863. Planning on keeping their discovery a secret, the men traveled to Bannack, some 60 miles to the southwest, for supplies. However, several sharp-eyed prospectors noticed their gold-filled sacks and when the men returned to Alder Gulch, some 200 miners were following them. News spread quickly and before long the area was flooded with prospectors living in makeshift shacks, tents, caves, or simply sleeping beneath the trees.
In the meantime, the nation was in the midst of the Civil War and though the gold brought emigrants from all over the world, overwhelmingly the influx of miners were rebels” from the South. Just weeks later, on June 16th, a town company began to plat the settlement. The intended on naming the town Verona, a misspelling of Varina,” the wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. However, the newly elected miners' court judge, Dr. G. G. Bissell, was an equally stubborn Unionist who submitted the name Virginia instead.
The majority of avowed secessionists living in the camp, which was then part of Idaho Territory and therefore belonging to the Union, made it primarily a southern” town, with its residents’ sympathies lying with the Confederates. Furthermore, the camp was producing enough gold to win the Civil War for whoever could capture it. Due to this strategic position, President Lincoln soon sent northern emigrants into the mining camp to help hold the gold for the North. This of course caused all kinds of tension in the new city, which quickly became one of the most lawless places in the American West.
Virginia City, Montana With in a year, some 10,000 people were living in a number of mining camps lining the gulch and in 1864 Congress created the new territory of Montana, separating it from Idaho Territory. Bannack, the site of the first gold strike in the area, became the territory’s first capitol. However, just a year later, Virginia City had gained so much influence that the capitol was moved. Rapidly becoming the territory’s social center and transportation hub, the shanties and tents were replaced by permanent buildings and Virginia City became home to Montana's first public school, newspaper, and telegraph.
Virginia City and nearby Nevada City became known as the site of the richest placer gold strike in the Rocky Mountains. In the first three years alone, an estimated $30 million worth of gold was removed from the gulch.
Sheriff Henry Plummer Though a few of the miners made their fortunes in the gold fields, and even more businessmen became wealthy, there was yet another group who planned on gaining riches another way. These were the many road agents operating in the area Though historians dispute this today, the robbers and thieves were said to have been led by none other than the Sheriff, himself – Henry Plummer.
Time after time, miners, freight haulers, and stagecoaches lost anything of value to the bandits lurking about the trails to and from Virginia City. As a result, a secret society of vigilantes was formed to stop the outlaws. Lynchings became the common event of the day as the vigilantes hunted down the road agents, one by one, and stringing them up in the streets of Virginia City and Bannack. Though history now questions whether the many crimes were committed by highwaymen or perhaps the vigilantes, themselves, their is no question that the settlement was extreme in its lawlessness and violence.
No sooner than Virginia City had began to boom, when the city began its gradual decline. When gold was discovered in Last Chance Gulch in what is today Helena, the fickle miners began to move. Though gold continued to be found in the area, by the early 1870’s Virginia City's population had been reduced to only a few hundred. In 1875, the territorial capitol was moved to Helena and Virginia City was on her way to becoming a ghost town.
Top 10 reasons NOT to move to Virginia. #3 in my favorite. Pros and Cons
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Top 10 reasons NOT to move to Virginia. #3 in my favorite.
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Top 10 reasons NOT to move to West Virginia. The Mountain State
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Virginia City, Montana Walk Thru
Not a great video, but it will give you some idea of what's in Virginia City. We stopped there on the way to Yellowstone. It's an old 1800's town, where they found placer gold, located 14 miles west of Ennis MT.
Top 10 most secluded towns in the United States. The viewer version.
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Top 10 reasons NOT to move to Tennessee. Don't go to Memphis.
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Top 10 Things to do around Charleston, West Virginia. #6 you need to do.
Top 10 Things to do if you find yourself in Charleston, West Virginia. #6 you need to do.
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Top 10 worst places to live in New Jersey. #1 is bad but getting better. Relocate?
Top 10 worst places to live in New Jersey. #1 is bad but getting better. If you have ever thought of relocating to New Jersey because you like a lot of spray tan, New Jersey Maybe the place for you to move. Watch this video and learn about Camden, Paterson, Trenton, and more. Not a great state to relocate.
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Big & Beautiful, Discover Western Montana, a traveler’s guide
We take a 1300 mile road trip thru the western portion of Montana, visiting most of the area’s attractions. We visit Helena, Virginia City, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula and of course Glacier National Park. Along the way we are treated to beautiful scenery; lakes, rivers, snow capped mountains, etc. as well as various wild life.