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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDQ_anaconda-hotel_Ennis-MT.html
The oldest section of this building, dating to 1863, was first a simple one-story building which housed a restaurant called the "Young American Eating House." A butcher shop followed from 1866 to the 1880s, and then in the 1880s the building was a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDP_kiskaddens-stone-block_Ennis-MT.html
Virginia City's first stone building, constructed during the summer of 1863, originally housed three stores on the ground floor and a meeting hall upstairs. Popular legend has long designated this as the meeting place of the Vigilantes, who prosec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDN_j-b-labeau-jeweler_Ennis-MT.html
This propertycontributes to theVirginia CityHistoric District·Listed in theNational RegisterofHistoric PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of Interior·In cooperation withtheMontana Historical SocietyFord, Robinson and Clark built th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDM_strasburgers-colorado-store_Ennis-MT.html
This property contributes to theVirginia CityHistoric District·Listed intheNational Registerof Historic Placesby theUnited States Department of the Interior·In cooperation with the Montana Historical SocietyInspired by the Renaissanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDL_g-goldberg-store_Ennis-MT.html
This 1863 building features a classic Greek Revival style storefront with French doors, typical of the 1860s frontier. The lintel above the door still bears the name of G. Goldberg, who ran the Pioneer Clothing Store Company prior to 1866. The sin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCY_kramer-building_Ennis-MT.html
The hasty construction on this remarkably preserved early dwelling reflects the excitement of the gold rush to Alder Gulch during the summer of 1863. Its original dirt-covered pole roof predates the first saw mills; the roof was later covered over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCX_dance-and-stuart-store_Ennis-MT.html
James Stuart and his brother Granville set up the first sluice boxes in the northern Rockies in 1852. Delaware native Walter B. Dance came to Gold Creek in 1862. James Stuart and Dance opened their mercantile in November, 1863. One of Virginia Cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCW_barletts-blacksmith-shop_Virginia-City-MT.html
Virginia City boomed and land prices soared accordingly in 1863 and 1864, a trend well illustrated in the earliest ownership transactions of this choice commercial property. On May 13, 1864, George Parker paid $800 for the lot and sold it for $140…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCV_f-r-merk-block_Virginia-City-MT.html
Gold dust was the common currency when George Higgins built this sturdy "fire-proof stone" business block circa 1866. F.R. Merk leased the new building for his mercantile, advertising fancy and staple groceries, liquors, Queensware, woodenware hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXCU_stonewall-hall_Virginia-City-MT.html
From 1865 to 1875 when Virginia City was Montana's territorial capital, the Territorial Legislature met on the second floor of this stone building. Constructed in 1864, it is Montana's oldest standing capitol building. The second floor also housed…
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