VIRGINIA CITY - WHERE HISTORY LIVES! (PART 1) 

Following the civil war, General Thomas Francis Meagher was appointed the first acting Governor here, then He and the capitol were moved to the state capitol in Helena. Yup.

My great-grandparents met and married in Virginia City. Grandpa was a lawyer and grandma a school teacher when they met. George and Lorena Allen. My grandmother was born in Twin Bridges, over the bench", in Twin Bridges. Grandma was born in 1903, and she had a brother. I"m glad to have visited there two times and found my great-grandparent's graves at the edge of the cemetery.

I'm glad someone took the time to see how important our past is.

My Dad took us to Virginia city back in the early 1960's. For a adolescence boy with a vivid imagination, this place has been etched in my mind for the last 60 years and I have 'flashbacks' when watching old west movies. Thankful for those who have worked to save it.

I live in Damonte Ranch. This is my view and backyard. Love it!

I visited Virginia City and Nevada City back in 2019 after going to the Sturgis motorcycle rally. I camping just outside of West Yellowstone. Such beautiful country and amazing history!

Wow I want to see this beautiful place myself. I loved the woman who grew up there what a beautiful place!!

I clicked on this thinking it was about Virginia City, NV as I live just down the road a bit. Never knew there was one in Montana too (along with a Nevada City as there is one in CA). Looks like I'll be making a trip to Montana to check it out!

Great documentary. My 3rd Great Grandfather, Absalom Austin Townsend, was captain of the largest wagon train to ever travel down the Bozeman Trail to Virginia City in July/August 1864. He traveled from Wisconsin and most in that 400+ person wagon train were from Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. The three known trip diaries of this wagon train are fascinating to read.

I'm an old women but Oh how I would love to be a part of history that we see here. Not to live back there but to see how they lived

*"Ya got to show the Shoes!"* Montana really has maintained a sense of its originality. I can't imagine a winter there, but I'm certain the land and people are both majestic. Best Regards, Beth NW Tennessee, USA (a Chicago born girl) ☘️

Amazing Historical Treasure! Thank God people stepped up and saved these Towns. Thanks to all that worked to keep this History alive 🇺🇸

We visited Virginia City and Nevada City last summer! It was awesome!

We got to go and visit and we LOVED it! I would recommend this trip to anyone who is interested in Montana and it's history!

God that's really amazing and hats off to you guys for making this wonderful clip over on d Street where my father lived where you showed those bats and the breweries had a a wine press in the basement the biggest one I ever saw at my entire life then you open a trap door in the basement floor and you would have humongous barrels probably hold about 300 gallons if so of wine at several of them there then up on B Street my grandfather and grandmother had one of the first houses that were built on the Mexican mining Mill around 1850 my grandfather was a very successful artist part of the house was an art gallery where he featured his paintings and not to mention he was one of the lead persons in starting the cheap posse erased a lot of money through his artwork and donated a lot of painting some of them are still in the bucket of blood saloon hanging on the wall to this day can't wait to get back up there thanks again

Absolutely fascinating! I love American history and this is fantastic. Keep up the great work

Looks like I will be going to Montana. Looks like a cool place

I thought this was about Virginia city Nv., but this is just as cool. Thanks

I imagine this was on the Bozeman Trail. There's a great doc on that too! Just got done visiting southern Sierra mining towns and loved it. Columbia State Park in Sonora is wonderful too. Living history block of town.

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Congratulations on the awesome restoration ❤

Very interesting place to visit. It is like everyone just walked away and left everything behind. The cemetery is interesting as well. Ma and Pa Dalton are buried there and a doctor who was well known and numerous others. The relics are amazing to behold, like you are in another place in time. Also, a gang was to have been hung, but due to days of rain, they were hung over the rafters of the jail. (so we were told)

What a cool video of Virginia City and Nevada City, MT. I live 9 miles from Virginia City, Nevada - lol. I would love to visit this.

I have visited this area many times. Love it.

I have been yo Virgina City and it’s absolutely amazing I love it there

Well done. Many thanks for sharing.

I’m also a 5th generation Montanan. I grew up around Gilmans. Always will be thankful to them & all the beautiful summers & their amazing Ruby Stables barn! Rubytown is where my heart still is in...♥️♦️Rubytown♦️♥️Alder & V.C. Now that gpa passed (Train depot, round the corner from old Oxbow ....Alder) will probably realize who I am. Mad County & the Ruby Valley is the best. Gosh I was blessed to be from these places! Neat little documentary!

Nicely done documentary of Virginia City

House of Hoofyfoot I visited recently and I wish I had seen this video FIRST! But now when we do our next Yellowstone visit, Virginia City will be on the schedule again. The area is desolate in some ways but at the same time it is loaded with so much to do and see. I was stationed in Idaho in my nuclear Navy days and I learned a lot about the west on my days off. But with so many great RU-vid videos like this, my next trek in the RV will be a bit more organized. I probably need to make a copy of videos like this so I can watch them again right before I walk down the streets. For whatever reason (I think I remember it was all booked up) we did not get to see the theater but next time, we will do that too. Thanks so much for posting. And I probably need to find out some more about the other Virginia City. I've been there too, time to visit again.

Great place to visit! Enjoyed our tour.

This is brilliant. I will visit one day

The title was a bit misleading. Thought this was about Virginia City. Nevada at first. Still a fascinating video and history.

I've been therein 2007 loved it keep up the great work God bless

I grew up in Henry's Lake Idaho in the very early 70s we used to go through Ennis to get to Virginia City I remember the train house was quite a few locomotives in there i remember it burned so very sad but Nevada City and Virginia City will always remain next to West Yellowstone my favorite places in the United States of America wonderful history always look forward to visiting again I've gotten to take my kids here a few times hopefully many many more an amazing City so glad the preservation .

It has been so so many years since I was last there but I enjoyed it each time and I still have the play bills from the players which I treasure plus the other things that I have..

I love this little town!

if you ever go to Virginia City Montana I heard you to go to the cemetery because in that cemetery is absolutely the most beautiful headstone I have ever seen in my life I believe the woman buried there must have been the deceased wife of one of the gold barons and it's been so many years since I've seen it so I do want to go see it again what I remember is that it is largely covered with ivy leaves and they are so intricately carved , and they swirl around as they go down inside it's hard to describe but you'll recognize the headstone if you ever go it's absolutely beautiful

James Garrison came to Montana about 1883. At first he drove freight stage into Virginia City and later worked in the mines at Adobetown. He married Elsie Fehring in 1893. They sold their interest in the Alder Gulch Mining Company about 1908 or 1909 and moved to the ranch in the lower Big Hole Valley. In the early days at the ranch, there were no bridges across the Big Hole River. Flood times caused the family to be very isolated. James was instrumental in getting the county to build the road now known as the Burma Road which brought travelers into the town of Twin Bridges. He was also responsible for establishing the first voting precinct in that part of the county.

Вау. Это просто волшебно. Но где найти такие фотографии в интернете? Выглядит круче, чем любой фильм. Просто невероятно 👍

If you google map this place in earth view, it's peculiar, you can see all the old streets laid out on the prairie marking where the city blocks where. Also the current cemetery which has a lot of unused room and their 'boot hill '. Also a lot of old dig sites across the area. The current operating gold mines are interesting to view from space also.

My great-great grandfather Was Micheal Sweeney, also known as James Sweeney. He was one of six men that discovered gold there. I believe once a year they hold a Sweeney days. Kinda neat!

Love this! Either my great grandfather or great great grandfather owned a bank there. I can’t remember which. My grandfather was born there.

I was there 20 years ago. I will go back.

I love visiting there

My Dad took us to Virginia City in the 1960's as kids. I remember looking through the windows of all the stores in amazement. I was told it was a Ghost Town and all the people moved out. In my innocent child's mind, I thought all these antiques and artifacts displayed in all the buildings and stores were the same goods, as they were displayed during the boom-town days, but were just left. I remember seeing piles of pants piled up like you would in JC Penny, and rows of shirts, boxes of shoes. Thinking my they just left all their goods and 100 years later there still there!

That's wonderful, and I would love to visit one day, but if a town doesn't build anything new, doesn't keep up with the times, it'll eventually become a ghost town when the few people there pass away. So there should be efforts to bring in new people just as much as there's efforts to restore and keep the old.

Great history video,!!!

I visited both cities about 10 years ago when I was working in the Centennial mountains. It's an adorable and friendly town with a lot of curiosities. None of this was going on back then as far as I could see. I'm a restoration housepainter and didn't notice any work back then so I'm glad to see this story. When was it made? Is the work still ongoing (besides inventory!)?

All the more important in this age of CGI and AI to preserve and remember a part of America that we'll not see again. This is part of the story of our nation!

Great video

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Good video

yeehaw thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm

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You need to go to Virginia City Nevada❤

Back near Ennis used to be a great steak restaurant called The Bear Claw. I think it's changed names now.

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Great orb at about 3:52 :)

Funny about the people who thought this was about the Virginia City in NV. My grandmother and both her parents were born in this Virginia City. My great, great grandfather settled there in 1865. I've got a lot of history there and have been there several times. When I hear "Virginia City", I always think of MT. Where VC, NV is a legitimate ghost town, people have lived in VC, MT since it was founded.

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Bicycled to Virginia city from Reno and bac...not to bad a pedal...mountain oyster festival.

Cool beans

Was going to pedal like Greg Lamond Reno to lakeTahoe City....MOUNTAIN OYSTER BUSTER but alas.take road from Reno to Carson city.just b4 the 4 lane outside Carson.rite turn to camp ground the small dome hwy salt sand ..rite then first left mayb 1 or 2 miles little stream comes off mountain there's a natural cold jaquzzi with sum help off side of rode on rite toward Carson City.

It’s like Bathurst in NSW, Australia

not to be confused with the other mining town in Nevada called Virginia city. should specify Montana in the video

thought it was Virginia City Nevada ,love that place wierd Montana

When you get close to the destination you simply call ahead and ask the best route in. Never trust your GPS

The Bozeman Trail by Wyoming PBS.

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I finally realized their not talking about mining towns in California and Nevada lol

I went there at Nevada

I visited Sam's Town twice in California before it was closed. 😭 I wonder what happened to all those Zigfield Follies photos and arcade and fortune teller machines. 😂

Not in the Rockies to be exact..I live near hear.. Sierra Nevada's to clear.

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My ghost photo at the Opra house. ? I don't know what the hell this thing even is. Up in the box

I went to Virginia City on Holloween 2019 and thought everyone was dressed in 1800's clothing for trick or treats.

Gold is the most destructive element I can find in the realm.

Who owns the Alder gulch now ?

Whats crazy gold doesn't even occur naturally on earth. It's created in collision of neutron stars or supernova and hit earth at a early point in earth's history. So it is definitely a finite resource.

I like the older generation was much better, this new generation today is just horrible

And u never no if ur house is on stable ground ...

Blonde chick is pretty cute no cap

The “false fronts” are called “facades”.

Sierra mountains not the rockies

Richest placer?

Your opening statement is wrong. The Boise basin was the largest gold find in the United States,...ever, and I believe Boise Idaho is still in the Rocky Mountains.

Human greed is so predictable!?

Bring back the cathouse. Whats wrong with these people today?!

Why is there Background Music. I find it annoying, distracting and unnecessary

Play actors look dumb, with the phony clothes. Everybody wants to look like a tv gunfighter .. 🤔😆😅😃🤣😂