Lecture Series: "Whiskey and Gun Smoke on the Old Comstock" by Greg Crouch

12 B Street,Virginia City NV 89440

23 September, 2021

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Join us for another exciting lecture brought to you by Piper's Opera House and The Comstock Foundation! “Although Virginia City had a hard reputation, I know from personal experience that it was as orderly as a Quaker meeting in comparison with either Bodie in the late 1870s and early ‘80s, or Aurora in the early 1860s, for I lived during the roughest times in all three places.” So, Nevada Governor Roswell K. Colcord told the Mining & Scientific Press in 1922. The key point is the comparison. Virginia City definitely had its moments.  Come out to the Comstock Foundation’s September 23rd event and hear about the stabbings, brawls, gunfights, insults, prize fights, drug use, gambling rackets, title wars, boozing, and other shenanigans that enlivened life in Virginia City from Comstock historian Gregory Crouch, author of The Bonanza King. Lecture starts at 7pm; Doors open at 6:30pm Bar upstairs Historic Piper's Opera House