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State flag of Wyoming Location of Wyoming on U.S. map This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period of time in U.S. state of Wyoming . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. [3] ... As of the census [30] of 2010, there were 190 people, 102 households
Later the territorial capital was moved to Virginia City (1865), and Helena (1875). On November 8, 1889, Montana became a state and Helena remained the capital. During the territorial period, most senior government positions were appointed by the U.S. President. Once Montana became a state, elections were held for state and federal offices.
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.
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 ...
Bozeman Trail marker, Wyoming, 2003. Today, a modern highway route covers roughly the same general route as the historic Bozeman Trail. The route consists of Interstate 25 from Douglas, Wyoming to Buffalo, Wyoming; Interstate 90 from Buffalo via Sheridan, Wyoming to Bozeman, Montana MT Hwy 84; and U.S. Route 287 to Virginia City, Montana.
This category is for people from the United States state of Wyoming Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Wyoming Also: Countries : United States : States : Wyoming : People
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the town of Virginia City, Montana. Pages in category "People from Virginia City, Montana" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.