it’s clear that there is no other wealth but RR- based commerce to be had
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Major fire in Virginia City
fire swept through Virginia City, causing between $600,000 and $700,000 in damages. Beginning in a carpenter shop in the business section the fire quickly swept through the dry wooden buildings. At once it consumed the brittle board and canvas shanties. The damage may not have been so great had the two most important fire crews […]
Julia Bulette’s murderer John Millian is hung
Twain lectures in Pipers to mediocre houses, but he is witness to the execution of John Millian for the much hyped muder of Virginia City prostitute Julia Bulette