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Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861, detail, zoomable image
    Record Data
    Place Unit Type
    City or Town
    Containing Unit
    Storey County, NV
    Events
    Date Type
    07/05/1864 In San Francisco, William Ralston founds the Bank of California, initial capital two million dollars in gold Business/Industry
    06/11/1859 Large silver deposits are found in Six Mile Canyon near Virginia City in Nevada Business/Industry
    12/03/1859 The U.S. Post Office in Virginia City, Nevada is established Lawmaking/Litigating
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    Date Title
    04/23/1860 San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Capitalists, and not Laborers Wanted,” April 23, 1860
    06/12/1861 San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Doing at Virginia,” June 12, 1861
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    Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861, detail, zoomable image

    Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861, detail, zoomable image

    How to Cite This Page: "Virginia City, NV," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/22802.

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