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The Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing Virginia City, Montana, United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. [2]
The Montana Historical Society ( MHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Montana that acts to preserve historical resources important to the understanding of Montana history. The society provides services through six operational programs: Administration, Research Center, Museum, Publications, Historic Preservation, and Education.
30-77125. GNIS feature ID. 0778036. Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. [ 3] In 1961 the town and the surrounding area were designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District. [ 4] The population was 219 at the 2020 census.
Montana Trail. The Montana Trail was a wagon road that served gold rush towns such as Bannack, Virginia City and later Helena during the Montana gold rush era of the 1860s and 1870s. Miners and settlers all traveled the trail to try to find better lives in Montana. The trail was also utilized for freighting and shipping supplies and food goods ...
The Montana History Portal aims to provide open access to digital materials regarding historical and contemporary Montana. “These materials provide opportunities for education, genealogy research, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning.”. [1] MMP includes many historical materials such as books, maps, diaries, oral histories, art.
July 4, 1961 [ 2] Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district ...
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private, non-profit organization, supported almost entirely by private contributions.
Hopkins and Brother Store. November 12, 1969. ( #69000217) Market St. 37°42′43″N 75°45′19″W. / 37.711944°N 75.755278°W / 37.711944; -75.755278 ( Hopkins and Brother Store) Onancock. Est. 1842, served as bank and community meeting place; in 1970 deeded to Assoc. for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.