The center of local activity during Virginia City’s short-lived stint as capital of the Montana Territory from 1865 until 1875, Stonewall Hall is set for a $2 million restoration beginning this ...

Virginia City, Montana's Territorial Capitol, and wild boomtown of the mid to late 1800's is filled with stories of distinctive citizens. Almost all are about men.

Virginia City is well within occupied habitat for black bears and grizzlies and has seen many black bears that move through town. In 2017, however, the Montana nonprofit organization People and ...

Shown above: Ghost Town, Nevada City, Montana. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Take a ride on the Virginia City Short Line Railroad for a nostalgic journey ...

Virginia City, Montana. Virginia City, Montana (Photo: by Donnie Sexton courtesy of Southwest Montana) ... Virginia City is the West's best-preserved gold mining town from the 1860s.

March 5, 1866: Sarah Raymond wrote a book about her family’s travels by wagon train to Virginia City in 1865, but she didn’t include her first day teaching there when MONTANA HISTORY ALMANAC ...

VIRGINIA CITY — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has recognized Virginia City as a “Bear Smart” community in a recent award ceremony. The southwestern Montana town has become a model city in ...