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    Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is...
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    Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most...
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    Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only six in the state of Nevada. Virginia City was the prototype for future frontier mining boom towns, with its...
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    and vulgar spectacle that was unfolding 200 miles away in Virginia City, Nevada where a city of 30,000 had sprung up overnight on top of the massive mountain...
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    Reno (/ˈriːnoʊ/ REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border, about 22 miles (35 km) north...
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  • Virginia to save the Confederacy. The film premiered in its namesake, Virginia City, Nevada. The film was shot in black and white (sepiatone). Union officer...
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    The Red Dog Saloon is a bar and live music venue located in Virginia City, Nevada. The bar played an important role in the history of the psychedelic...
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    The Virginia and Truckee Railroad (stylized as Virginia & Truckee Railroad) is a privately owned heritage railroad, headquartered in Virginia City, Nevada...
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  • Virginia City Highlands is an unincorporated community north of Virginia City, Nevada straddling the Storey County and Washoe County border. The community...
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    4-4-0 type is undergoing restoration at her original home in Virginia City, Nevada. Virginia & Truckee #11 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in...
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  • Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada. Baltimore is the most populous independent city in the United States. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities...
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    former public school building located at 537 South "C" Street in Virginia City, Nevada. Designed in 1876 by architect C. M. Bennett in the Second Empire...
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    Theresa Fair Oelrichs (category People from Virginia City, Nevada)
    Virginia (nicknamed "Birdie"), Charles and James, Jr. In 1873, her father and three partners, discovered the "Big Bonanza" in Virginia City, Nevada,...
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    gold). The strikes brought Nevada to the forefront of the nation again, just as the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, had in the late 1800s. While...
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    state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver...
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  • January 2021. "M 6.0 – Near Virginia City, Nevada". USGS-ANSS. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021. "M 6.4 – Northwest of Virginia City, Nevada". USGS-ANSS. Retrieved 24...
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    Southern minority whose stronghold was in Virginia City (which had been named by Southerners). These supporters for Nevada secession even claimed victory in defeating...
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    Pythias lodge hall located in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. It was built of cast iron and stuccoed brick in 1876 by Nevada Lodge No. 1 of the Knights...
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    mining town in the Virginia Range, see: Comstock Lode Virginia City, Nevada Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada) National Register...
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  • centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene...
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    Old Washoe Club (category Buildings and structures in Virginia City, Nevada)
    Washoe Club) is a three-story brick structure in Virginia City, Nevada, USA, located in the Virginia City Historic District. The first story is currently...
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    27, 1870) was a Canadian miner after whom the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, was named. The Comstock Lode was the richest silver mine in American...
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    St. in Virginia City, Nevada, is a well-preserved historic Italianate-style house that was built in 1876. It is included in the Virginia City Historic...
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    The International Hotel was a hotel located in Virginia City, Nevada. The hotel initially opened as a wooden one-story building in 1860. Two years later...
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    Comstock Lode (category Virginia City, Nevada)
    under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major...
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    Western Nevada (WNV) is a region and the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada that includes Reno, Carson City, Carson Valley and Virginia City. Lyon...
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  • Pages W1. W6. "Virginia City Hillclimb About Page". www.virginiacityhillclimb.com. "Virginia City Hillclimb 2022 Run times". Virginia City Hillclimb Timing...
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    Valentine, Nebraska, also known as Minnechaduza Cemetery Virginia City, Montana Virginia City, Nevada Weaver, Arizona Webster, Park County, Colorado Prison...
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    Historic District Virginia City National Historic Landmark District in Virginia City, Nevada Great Falls National Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey Boston...
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    an unincorporated community in Storey County, Nevada, located just south and downhill of Virginia City. Incorporated December 17, 1862, in order to prevent...
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