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  2. Ponderosa Ranch - Wikipedia

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    The first Virginia City set used on the show from 1959–1970 was located on a back lot at Paramount. It was also used in episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel, Mannix and The Brady Bunch. In the 1970 Bonanza episode "The Night Virginia City Died", Deputy Clem Foster's pyromaniac fiancée leveled the town in a series of fires. This allowed for a ...

  3. Virginia City, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Also in Virginia City is the Silver Queen Hotel and Wedding Chapel, [40] which is famous for its picture of a woman whose dress is made entirely of silver dollars. The hotel was built in 1876 and includes a saloon. Virginia City was declared a National Historic Landmark district in 1961, and has been carefully preserved to retain its historic ...

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

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    Virginia City was the first silver rush town, and the first to intensely apply large-scale industrial mining methods. [4] [5] After a year in existence, the boomtown had 42 saloons, 42 stores, 6 restaurants, 3 hotels, and 868 dwellings to house a town residency of 2,345. At its height in 1863, the town had 15,000 residents.

  5. List of company towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Coulee Dam, Washington was originally two adjacent company towns created in 1933 to support the construction of Grand Coulee Dam – Mason City, owned by lead construction contractor Consolidated Builders Inc., and Engineers' Town, owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. CBI transferred control of Mason City to Reclamation in 1942.

  6. Marlette Lake Water System - Wikipedia

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    Virginia City was the biggest high-grade silver and gold ore producer of the United States in the mid-1800s. Natural springs supplied water to the camps at the beginning of the mining activities. For addressing the need for more water because of the population growth, the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company was established. Water was primarily ...

  7. Virginia and Truckee Railroad - Wikipedia

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    There were many propositions starting as early as 1861 for railroads to service the area and decrease costs. Sharon eventually (with the addition of $500,000 in county bonds to move the railroad, equal to $17,498,148 today), envisioned a railroad to run from Virginia City, [3]: 136, 137 through Gold Hill where the first of the Comstock Lode was mined, passing the mills along the river, and ...

  8. Nevada State Route 341 - Wikipedia

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    SR 342 north – Silver City, Gold Hill: Virginia City: 3.14: 5.05: SR 342 south – Gold Hill, Silver City: Washoe 0.00–6.30: Reno: 6.30: 10.14: US 395 Alt. (S. Virginia Street) – Reno, Washoe City: Northern terminus; former SR 430/US 395: SR 431 west (Mount Rose Highway) – Incline Village, North Lake Tahoe: Continuation beyond northern ...

  9. Interstate 580 (Nevada) - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 580 (I-580) is a 35.019-mile (56.358 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in Western Nevada.It runs concurrently with US Route 395 (US 395) from an intersection with US 50 near the southern boundary of Carson City to the Reno Spaghetti Bowl interchange with I-80 in Reno.