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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 ...
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.
Piper's Opera House is an historic performing arts venue in Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada in the United States. Piper's served as a training facility in 1897 for heavyweight boxing champion Gentleman Jim Corbett, in preparation for his title bout with Bob Fitzsimmons. The current structure was built by entrepreneur John Piper in 1885 to ...
John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, Mackay became one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, making him one of the richest Americans in his time.
City of Sydney local heritage item. [16] One Wilshire: Los Angeles 1966 Autzen Stadium of the University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon: 1967 Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic District: Downtown Norfolk, Virginia: 1967 Later known as Bank of America Center. As of 2018, the tower is Icon Norfolk, a luxury apartment building. [17] [18]
Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [1] east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail crossed what is now the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The western half crossed the current ...
October 15, 1966. The Old Washoe Club (also known as simply 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 occupied by commercial properties while the upper stories are unoccupied at this time. [when?]
Their statues are in the Cascade Locks Marine Park. Sacagawea is dramatically pointing the way with one hand and holding Baptiste's hand with the other. [8] Corps of Discovery is a statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea carrying her son Jean-Baptiste, and York. It is in Kansas City and was presented in 2000. [9] Sacagwea by Jim ...