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  2. Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada ...

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    July 4, 1961 [2] 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 ...

  3. Route of the Oregon Trail - Wikipedia

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    Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was used during the 19th century by Great Plains pioneers who were seeking fertile land in the West ...

  4. Virginia City, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    ZIP Code. 89440. FIPS code. 32-80000. GNIS feature ID. 0856420. Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. [4] The city is a part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.

  5. Bridger Trail - Wikipedia

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    Jim Bridger (1804–1881). The Bridger Trail, also known as the Bridger Road and Bridger Immigrant Road, was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold fields of Montana. Gold was discovered in Virginia City, Montana in 1863, prompting settlers and prospectors to find a trail to travel from central Wyoming to Montana.

  6. Virginia Cascades - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Cascades (height 60 feet (18 m)), is a cascade type waterfall on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. Virginia Cascades is located just south of the Norris-Canyon road approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Norris Junction. A one-way road provides access to the north side of the cascades.

  7. Cascade Canyon - Wikipedia

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    Cascade Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [1] The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago. Today, Cascade Canyon has numerous polished glacial erratics, hanging cirques and a U-shape as evidences that demonstrate that glaciers ...

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Teton County ...

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    Location of Teton County in Wyoming. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Teton County, Wyoming.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Teton County, Wyoming, United States.

  9. List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    Ames Monument. More images. October 31, 2016. (#72001296) Sherman. 41°07′52″N 105°23′53″W  /  41.131111°N 105.398056°W  / 41.131111; -105.398056  (Ames Monument) Albany. A pivotal and highly significant work in the career of Henry Hobson Richardson.