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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Nevada between Reno and Carson City. The Comstock Lode was discovered here in 1859.
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Examples
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And while Virginia City, Nevada is now routinely called Virginia City, its residents during the Silver Rush most notably Mark Twain in Roughing It routinely referred to it simply as “Virginia.”
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The plant, which would be built on a reclaimed strip mine partially within the town of St. Paul in an area known as Virginia City, could feed electricity to Virginia consumers by 2012.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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The plant, which would be built on a reclaimed strip mine partially within the town of St. Paul in an area known as Virginia City, could feed electricity to Virginia consumers by 2012.
From On High 2006
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By the time the Clemens brothers arrived in the area, a slapdash, wood-frame metropolis called Virginia City, eighteen miles north of Carson, was erupting up and down the slope of Mount Davidson.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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By the time the Clemens brothers arrived in the area, a slapdash, wood-frame metropolis called Virginia City, eighteen miles north of Carson, was erupting up and down the slope of Mount Davidson.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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For more information, call the Virginia City Visitors Center at 847-4386 or visit www. visitvirginia citynv. com.
Nevada Appeal - Top Stories By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com 2009
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"Virginia City" (1940), in which Bogart plays generic supporting roles, and other films, like
NYT > Home Page 2010
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"Virginia City" (1940), in which Bogart plays generic supporting roles, and other films, like
NYT > Home Page 2010
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On westerns, I just watched "Virginia City" with Errol Flynn, Randolf Scott and Humphrey Bogart.
VideoHelp.com Forum 2009
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A middle-class reformer in Virginia City, Nevada, noted with disdain that local prostitutes were “always dressed the richest.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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