The boomtown Virginia City has maintained its 19th Century charm and its ties to Mark Twain. ... he accepted a job as a newspaper reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. - One hundred fifty years ago, one of the most momentous events in American literature occurred in this unlikely silver-mining boomtown, once known as "the richest city in the ...

VIRGINIA CITY -- More than 150 years after the discovery of one of the world's richest silver veins touched off a mining frenzy that drew thousands of people west and made Virginia City a wealthy ...

A picturesque mountain setting and a core full of 19th-century structures from its Comstock Lode glory days draw tourists to Virginia City, Nevada’s most famous mining boomtown.

Take a Virginia City Trolley Tour, a 20-minute narrated tour of the city, to learn more and get a glimpse of what to see while visiting. Museums here are plentiful, with more than a dozen to explore.

He left Virginia city in 1864 and became a famous writer. However, Orion, stayed and died here and is buried in Carson City. There are far too many interesting stories that come from the boomtown.

Virginia City's Historic C Street and the surrounding blocks "resemble a Western boomtown from the 1870s," USA Today's ranking noted about the Nevada main street.

In September, Carson City author Stephen H. Provost published two books exploring “one of the West’s most fascinating frontier regions,” according to a news release. “Virginia City Then & Now” ...

A Red Ryder western film from 1947 that uses one of Carson City’s most historic events as a backdrop will be shown at the Nevada Historical Society at noon on July 20. “Vigilantes of Boomtown,” which ...