Article: Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City

Article: Step back into the Wild West
New Haven Register;  March 19, 2006 ;     698 words ......from Lake Tahoe and visit Virginia City, a place that seems almost...storefronts reminiscent of the Wild West. Fire almost destroyed Virginia City in 1875, but within a year...of the last tours on the Virginia City Trolley tram. It was on this tour that we learned about ...

Article: Montana pushes to save historic mining towns // Wild West artifacts battling auction deadline
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 17, 1997 ;     361 words ...VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. For sale: a pair of Wild West mining towns, vintage...legendary mining towns of Virginia City and Nevada City from...liquidation. Calling them "wild-West versions of colonial...heads the ad hoc Save Virginia City Campaign, fears ...

Article: Tarnation! Experts Agree Internet Like 'Wild West' Since at Least 1994.
The New York Observer (New York, NY);  November 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the piece: Right now we're still in the Wild West. That particular truism is a worn in...pistol: [T]he online world is also a Wild West of spam e-mails and hard-to-trace suppliers...Hirschler, Reuters, November 13, 2008. 'Wild west' internet getting wilder as e-crime soars...

Article: Possible Annual Meeting in Virginia City, Nevada
The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc.;  January 1, 2005 ;     280 words ...I've just visited Virginia City, Nevada again. This time I wanted...begin to change that concept. Virginia City would be a fantastic place for...the whole family could vacation. Virginia City was once a town of 30,000 people...

Article: More than the glory: Preserving the Gold Rush and its outcome at Virginia City
Montana; The Magazine of Western History;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......places, but it is best preserved at Virginia City where first generation buildings from...central to the town's main street. Virginia City, however, is more than one of the best...Preservation president Richard Moe, Virginia City's place in history is no less important...

Article: New Hues in Wild West History; Dig at Black-Owned Nev. Tavern Yields Artifacts and Insights
The Washington Post;  April 6, 2003 ;     607 words ......Boston Saloon in the historic mining town of Virginia City are the staples of Hollywood's "Wild West": poker chips, shot glasses, beer mugs and...started work polishing shoes on the streets of Virginia City when he arrived in the early 1860s. Brown...

Article: Virginia City a bonanza for history buffs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Virginia City a bonanza for history buffs Gold, silver...fights are of no consequence to anybody." Virginia City, Nev. -- Samuel Clemens had recently...month stint as a young reporter in Virginia City. Things are a bit more family-friendly...

Article: Mexican-Themed Restaurant's Owners Find 'Lost Love' in Virginia City, Mont.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--VIRGINIA CITY, Mont.--Amy Kelley sometimes shares...Montana's premier historic places -- Virginia City. I don't mess with her and she doesn...lost love in the small-town setting of Virginia City. We could go wherever we want to and...

Article: Virginia City preserves late-1800s flavor yet is family-friendly
Oakland Tribune;  September 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. 'ABEAUTIFUL and ably conducted...playing to the tourists aboard the train. Virginia City stands today as the largest historic...work the mines and settle and die in Virginia City. A deer browses and a coyote stalks...

Article: Book Review: Girls gone Wild West
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  March 7, 2003 ;     283 words ......Bulette. She reigned as queen of Virginia City in the 1860s, bringing its...Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West." Whether wives or widows...traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, astounding and entrancing...GENTLE TAMERS: WOMEN OF THE OLD WILD WEST" Author: ...

Article: Wild-West Virginia City is a real bonanza
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. -- Beware of dandies...in a town that plays its Wild West heritage to the hilt -- and...ostensibly set in and around Virginia City, debuted in 1959, it caused...executive director of the Virginia City Convention and Tourism authority...misconceptions. ...

Article: LAST CHANCE TO SEE HAVENS IN A HEARTLESS WORLD - VIRGINIA CITY SALOONS, ARCHEOLOGY OF WILD WEST EXHIBIT AT NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 3, 2007 ;     467 words ......in a Heartless World - Virginia City Saloons and the Archeology of the Wild West. The exhibit closes August...dispel the myths that Virginia City saloons were arenas for...remains of four saloons in Virginia City, Nevada. The Boston Saloon...

Article: Twins Revive Classic Wild-West Bar to Draw Tourists to Virginia City, Mont.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Business News Jun. 9--VIRGINIA CITY, Mont.--Back in the 1860s...J. F. Stoer Saloon in Virginia City probably wouldn't have...raised some eyebrows. At Virginia City's Bale of Hay Saloon...ways to recreate the wild west in one of Montana's oldest...but I still love it in ...

Article: Midwest meets the Wild West
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  August 4, 2006 ;     421 words ...Donley's Wild West Town in Union is the ideal family day...far away. How's that work? Donley's Wild West Town, in Union, sends you to the dusty...panning, pony rides and daily showdowns. Wild West Town will be open from 10 a.m. to 6...