Virginia City, Nevada
February 16th, 2009 | by Kert |hoosiertim asked:
Recorded June 19, 1999. Virginia City is one of the oldest established cities in Nevada. Like many cities and towns in the state, Virginia City was a mining boomtown; in fact it is one of the most famous boomtowns in the Old West as it virtually appeared overnight as a result of the Comstock Lode silver strike of 1859. During its peak, Virginia City had a population of nearly 30000 residents. When the Comstock Lode ended in 1898, the city’s population declined sharply. The population of …
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