Ghost Towns in Southwest Montana: Virginia City and Nevada City

Nevada City

Turn back time and relive the Montana frontier gold rush of the mid-to-late 1800s in Virginia City and nearby Nevada City. 

You can experience for yourself panning for gold, stagecoach rides, ghost tours, train rides, fire truck tours and old-time plays. 

Recognised in 1961 as a National Historic Landmark, Virginia City has seen every kind of boom-and-bust cycle imaginable and was frantically founded during a western gold rush in 1863 when several thousand feverish fortune hunters called it home. 

The town became the territorial capital and ‘social city’ of the Montana frontier. Nevada City was a mining ghost town until the Bovey family restored it in 1945-1978 and it is now a living history museum. 

Many original log buildings remain with an outstanding collection of old-fashioned music boxes, pianos and calliopes. 

Live interpretations of historic events are also held on weekends.

EVENTS IN MONTANA:

February 8-11: Big Sky Big Grass Festival, Big Sky Resort
July 27-August 4: Montana State Fair, Great Falls
August 2-5: Magic City Blues Festival, Billings
August 15-20: 2018 Crow Fair Celebration Powwow and Rodeo, Crow Agency

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