After gold was discovered in Alder Gulch in 1863, throngs of fortune seekers poured into Virginia City and its surrounding area. Coming from all points of the compass, most of them were men. But in ...

VIRGINIA CITY -- Two Irish pick-and-shovel prospectors named Peter O'Riley and Patrick McLaughlin were digging into a water seep in a canyon near Virginia City on a sunny day in June 1859 when they ...

The discovery of first gold and then silver led to the birth of Virginia City and that led to statehood for Nevada. It all started back in the mid-1850s when James Fenemore, better known as "Old ...

In honor of the 151st Nevada Day and Halloween, Virginia City is debuting a new kind of spirit. The infamous Virginia City Cemetery Gin is no longer a tale, and the historic city is now distilling its ...

Wooden planks creaked as two visitors walked along the boardwalk in Virginia City, ice cream cones in hand as they sought refuge in the shade from the blistering noon heat. Just inches away, a pink ...

Once upon a time, this ramshackle little town was the center of the richest mining bonanza in the world - millions and millions of dollars in silver and gold discovered on the Comstock Lode here ...

Virginia City Councilman Set on Fire in Workplace Attack; Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A city councilman in Virginia was seriously injured Wednesday when a man stormed ...