A Guide to Historic Virginia City* (ebook)

Montana Mainstreets, Volume 1 by Marilyn Grant

The gold-rush town of Virginia City, purchased by the State of Montana to preserve for posterity, makes a fitting first subject for the Montana Mainstreets series. Historic Virginia City was Montana's second territorial capital and the center of trade for Alder Gulch, the site of the richest placer mines in the world during the 1860s. When the gold deposits played out and the state capital moved to Helena in 1889, Virginia City became frozen in time. Today, Virginia City attracts visitors from all over the world, who marvel at its intact frontier architecture and the seeming immediacy of the gold rush era. If walking down Virginia City's streets is like a trip back in time, the road map for that journey is Guide to Historic Virginia City.