While we left the motorhome in Ennis, we traveled by car to Virginia City. Frozen in time, this historic city provides one of the best-preserved examples of the many mining camps.
Gold was found in this part of Alder Gulch and the town grew fast. When the gold ran out, it became a ghost town. In the 1940s, Charles and Sue Bovey began buying the town, putting much needed maintenance into failing structures.
To read more about this historic town you can go to this website …http://www.legendsofamerica.com/mt-virginiacity.html
Sounds much better than Virginia City, Nevada. We must see for ourselves some day.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a town we would really enjoy. Thanks for the tour
ReplyDeleteWe really need to make another visit down that way. Maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteYou should have gotten a gold finder to see if there were any remaining chunks of gold they left behind.
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