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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCT_the-buford-block_Ennis-MT.html
Built in 1899. one can see that this imposing structure was the pride, not only of Virginia City, but also of Montana - being, according to history the largest mercantile store in the state at that time. Hardware, hay, grain, salt, and groceries w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXC4_s-l-simpson-building_Ennis-MT.html
This narrow frame building may be one of Virginia City's earliest structures, dating to the summer of 1863 when buildings like this were rented for up to $175 during the initial gold rush. Its odd-sized door appears to have been locally handmade. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXC2_frank-prasch-blacksmith-shop_Ennis-MT.html
Like the blacksmith shop next door, this early building was probably a dance hall or saloon in the mid-1860s run by owner John Trollman. In 1865 Trollman was one of Virginia City's seventy-three licensed retail liquor dealers. By the 1870, a large…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXC1_sauerbier-blacksmith-shop_Ennis-MT.html
A notorious dance hall was the original occupant of this 1863 building which encompasses a small cabin of V-notched logs, one of the first built in June of that year. Tall French doors and a few dentils clinging to the facade recall its former dan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBQ_j-f-stoer-saloon_Ennis-MT.html
Retail liquor dealer J.F. Stoer operated here from the raucous 1860s until about 1890. From that time until 1908, Smith and Boyd who ran the livery next door ran this establishment, aptly renamed the "Bale of Hay." After 1908, the building stood e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBN_smith-boyd-livery-stable_Ennis-MT.html
This false-fronted rubble stone barn was constructed by Smith and Boyd circa 1900, replacing a log livery stable. The stone part of the building and the front doors and windows remain as they were at the turn of the century. The barn was converted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBM_green-front-boarding-house_Ennis-MT.html
These two adjoining log houses were probably built by Calvin Holly and William Douglas as dwellings in the late 1860s. By 1890, the two buildings were operated as "female boarding houses" or house of prostitution run by madames Myrtle Butler and P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXBL_virginia-city-national-historic-landmark-district_Ennis-MT.html
The spectacular gold discovery in Alder Gulch on May 26, 1863, led to the rapid growth of this colorful and legendary gold camp town. Thousands of fortune-seekers rushed to the area, and by 1864 the Virginia City area boasted 30,000 residents. Rou…