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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DE_dr-don-l-byam-residence_Virginia-City-MT.html
Light timber framing with board-and-batten walls characterizes this early home original to the Nevada City townsite. Inside, the original, well-preserved, muslin-covered walls are a rare example of a frontier decorating technique. The cabin's firs…
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Two small houses shared this choice corner location in 1866, but after 1875, photographs reveal the unmistakable steeply pitched roof and central gable of this splendid Gothic Revival style residence.
Expansion and remodeling during the 1890s ad…
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Brothers John A. and Edward Creighton came west scouting the first transcontinental telegraph lines from Omaha, Nebraska, to the coast.
Temporarily settling in Virginia City, Edward hired Thompson and Griffith to construct this building, the firs…
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Prospectors found placer gold along a streambed choked with alder trees in May, 1863.
Thousands came from every corner of the world to try their luck in the placer mines and, perhaps, to garner a piece of the far-famed treasure.
A brief but tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKL_site-of-first-masonic-meetings_Virginia-City-MT.html
This Monument Marks The SiteWhereinVirginia City Lodge No. 43Of KansasAndMontana Lodge No. 9Of ColoradoHeld Their First Meetings.Virginia City LodgeHeld Its First MeetingFebruary 27th, AL. 5864.Montana LodgeHeld Its First MeetingMay 30th, AL. 5865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXE3_hangmans-building_Virginia-City-MT.html
On January 14, 1864 , the Vigilantes used the heavy center support beam of this building, then under construction, to hang five of Henry Plummer's road agents: Frank Parish, Boone Helm, Jack Gallagher, Haze Lyons and Club Foot George Lane. Druggis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXE1_old-masonic-temple_Virginia-City-MT.html
In the top story of his building the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Montana was formed on January 24th to 29th AL. 5866Virginia City Lodge No. 43 of KansasMontana Lodge No. 9 of ColoradoandHelena Lodge No. 10 of Colorado Which are now members one, …
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Paris Pfouts, Vigilante president and Virginia City's first mayor, was instrumental in laying out the town. He and his partner, Samuel Russell, built a log store on this site in summer, 1863. Local hell-raiser Jack Slade was arrested here on March…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDV_metropolitan-meat-market_Virginia-City-MT.html
George Gohn was one of the first to arrive at Alder Gulch in 1863 where he and Conrad Kohrs set up a meat market in a log cabin. Alkali dust sifted through the chinks and covered the meat prompting Gohn to experiment with various other locations u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCW_barletts-blacksmith-shop_Virginia-City-MT.html
Virginia City boomed and land prices soared accordingly in 1863 and 1864, a trend well illustrated in the earliest ownership transactions of this choice commercial property. On May 13, 1864, George Parker paid $800 for the lot and sold it for $140…