The finest hotel in Virginia City was Winnโs International Hotel. On Union and C Street. The hotel had restaurants, bars, lounges, barbershops, messenger service, and the concierges could arrange for anything at any time. The International was across the street from Piper’s Opera House. Site of International Hotels Three International Hotels stood on this lot: […]
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Eureka & Palisade RR
The E&P was completed in 1875 serving the booming mining camps of Mineral Hill, Eureka and Hamilton. Millions of dollars in ore were shipped north to Palisade and transferred to the mainline, returning with machinery and supplies for the town and mines, declining mining addend Eureka in the late 1800’s started the fall of the […]
IOOF
There was an IOOF Lodge in Palisade: some people in the settlement of Palisade were anxious for government services. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows Purple Fez wearing homespun social services network. Odd, as in “Occupations not covered by a guild, such as Masons” On September 20, 1851, The Independent Order of Odd Fellows […]