Virginia City - Paperback
Virginia City - Paperback
Description
by Thompson-Hickman County Libra (A) (Author), Evalyn Johnson (Author)
Tucked between the Tobacco Root Mountains and Mount Baldy in southwestern Montana, Virginia City began in May 1863, when gold was discovered in Alder Gulch. Some 10,000 fortune seekers arrived, and the days of whiskey, revolvers, road agents, and vigilant
Author Biography
Compiled by the Thompson-Hickman Museum's Evalyn Batten Johnson and Joanne Erdall, this compendium of imagery provides a look into Virginia City's past, with photographs from the Dick Pace Archives, the Montana Historical Society, and the Thompson-Hickman Museum, as well as private collections. Virginia City's wild and unruly past comes alive in these pages, as the glowing promise of gold still stirs the imagination in this small town in southwest Montana.
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