Lecture Series: The Ron & Joe Show

12 B Street,Virginia City NV 89440

10 November, 2022

Description

The Ron & Joe Show "THE ECLECTIC POPULATION OF THE COMSTOCK FROM THE 1860S TO TODAY" The Ron and Joe Show will be returning to Piper's Opera House in Virginia City on November 10th at 7 pm as a stop during their tour of the Holiday Inn Express they stayed in last night. They will be discussing their recent research on the varied cultural groups that made up the eclectic population of the Comstock from the 1860s to today. The Germans, the Irish, the Welsh, and the Jews as well as others, that made up the economy, entertainment, and mining industries of Virginia City. BIOS: Bio: Joe Curtis Joe’s family moved to VC in 1958. They bought a building and opened a museum dedicated to the history of life on the Comstock. He grew up amidst the museum and became infatuated with the history of the Comstock and began collecting old photos of the area back in the day. Bio: Ron Gallagher Ron is a well-known local aged artifact of the Comstock. Raised here, lots of relatives dating well into the lower 1800s and a head full of Comstock knowledge and recollection and stories and other associated Comstock BS.