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Virginia City is a historic town and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. It was founded in 1863 as a gold rush boomtown and is now a National Historic Landmark District with many preserved buildings and attractions.
The landmark district encompasses an area of about 20,000 acres (81 km2), including the entire city limits of Virginia City and a significant portion of Alder Gulch where mining operations took place. Many of the city's buildings were built before the turn of the 20th century, and a significant number date to its heyday in the 1860s.
Learn about the history and architecture of Virginia City, a former mining town in Nevada that became a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Explore the 65 contributing properties, including churches, schools, hotels, and saloons, that survived the fires and the boom-and-bust cycle of the Comstock Lode.
Learn about the history and current status of Montana's craft beer industry, which ranks third in the nation in breweries per capita. Browse the list of 97 breweries in operation or planning, with links to their websites and awards.
Nevada City is an unincorporated community and a tourist attraction in Madison County, Montana. It was a rich gold mining center in the 1860s and now has an outdoor museum with historic buildings and music machines.
John William Mackay was an Irish-American industrialist who became one of the richest Americans in his time. He was a partner in the Comstock Lode silver mines, a telegraph tycoon, and a philanthropist who married Marie Louise Hungerford.
It is the only high school in the New Castle Area School District, which serves New Castle and Taylor Township. It was originally founded in 1879. The school is a combined junior high school and senior high school, educating students in 6th through 12th grades. Its total student population is 1,524 as of the 2021-22 school year.
A public school district in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, serving the city of New Castle and Taylor Township. The district operates four schools, including a junior-senior high school, an intermediate school, an early learning center, and a pre-kindergarten center.