Virginia City (Nev.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Interview of Vida Boyle
Collection
Identifier: NC237
Abstract
Interview by Grace Danberg.,Recollections of household hardships in Virginia City, Nevada, and in the governor's mansion in Carson City.
William Beegan Letter
Collection
Identifier: 95-18
Abstract
Beegan writes from Virginia City, Nevada Territory, to merchants Hardy & Kennedy of Forest Hill, California, saying he will send payment in the future. He also writes that business in Virginia City, Nevada, is improving but that cash is in short supply.
D. A. Bender and William J. Westerfield Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 90-14
Abstract
Bender's letter of June 30 to William J. Westerfield, V&TRR agent for the Virginia City, Nevada station, and later Nevada State Senator, asks about a shipment of coal and a missing cord of wood and comments on a horrible disaster in Virginia City. Westerfield's response of July 1 on the verso accounts for the wood and coal, provides details of the June 29th explosion and fire and their cause, and tells of a recent shooting in town.
Interview of John Bonney by Robert Bruno
Collection
Identifier: NC562
Abstract
Interview of Bonney by Robert L. Bruno, discussing his Nevada mining experiences from 1909-1913, in Rhyolite, Tonopah, and Virginia City.
Deeds to Bowers and Rogers Lead
Collection
Identifier: NC239
Abstract
Title papers to the Bowers and Rogers Lead, also known as Bowers Rogers, and Webb. Each lists buyer (usually C. N. Felton) and seller and describes location of claim.
Henry J. Brower Letter
Collection
Identifier: 89-23
Abstract
Letter from Brower, Deputy Assessor for Storey County, Nevada, to "Friend Burnett" describing his job, the weather, and mining conditions in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection contains material from October 22, 1866 created by Henry J. Brower.
George Brown Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 99-29
Abstract
Statement to the City Clerk of Virginia City from George Brown, turning over his salary for October and November, 1880, to J.C. Hampton and Company.
Deeds to Conwell property in Virginia City
Collection
Identifier: NC249
Abstract
Quitclaim deeds for sale of Julia A. and W. A. Conwell's property in Virginia City, Nevada to T. [Timothy] Jones of Virginia City.
Early days in Nevada collection
Collection
Identifier: NC386
Abstract
Photocopies of a series of articles from the Chico enterprise (California) consisting of recollections of Nelson's years in Nevada with anecdotes concerning the social customs and political life of the era and his life as a miner, with sketches of journalists and political figures of Virginia City. Also included is a sketch of wheat ranching in northern California from 1860-1863 near Nelson.
Electors of the city of Virginia, Nevada
Collection
Identifier: 83-31
Abstract
Lists of men registered to vote in elections of 1894, 1896, and 1898.,Includes voters' signatures and date registering; probably compiled by the County Clerk.