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Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only ...
Virginia City — the county seat of Storey County, in western Nevada. A historic mining town of the Comstock Lode silver boom, established in 1859. Subcategories
Also in Virginia City is the Silver Queen Hotel and Wedding Chapel, [40] which is famous for its picture of a woman whose dress is made entirely of silver dollars. The hotel was built in 1876 and includes a saloon. Virginia City was declared a National Historic Landmark district in 1961, and has been carefully preserved to retain its historic ...
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Virginia City was the biggest high-grade silver and gold ore producer of the United States in the mid-1800s. Natural springs supplied water to the camps at the beginning of the mining activities. For addressing the need for more water because of the population growth, the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company was established. Water was primarily ...
Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada), listed on the NRHP in Nevada Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Virginia City Historic District .
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The Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site is a 65-acre (26 ha) archeological site of petroglyphs, located in Storey County, Nevada near Virginia City. It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future and includes one contributing site with approximately 2000 items. [1] Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site, showing a few petroglyphs up close.