My son and I visited this old mining town recently. Founded in 1863, it was the capital of the Territory of Montana for 10 years. During that time, miners extracted over $90M ($40B in today’s dollars) of gold in the area, and the city housed about 10,000 people. Now its population is down to 132.
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 
Great photos! I’d love to see this. It would be very interesting š
I admire your photos they tells the story! Interesting post
I like the color treatment. Nice work.
I always stop to shoot old gas pumps – nice shots!
Makes me want to write….
Love the old fuel pumps.
So many wonderful shades of time and place!
Patti, I never realized you had such a way with words
You have just added to my bucket list with these images. I told my wife to start making vacation plans for Virginia City Montana!
Yes, it was a fun place to take pictures. Could be quite scenic in the snow, too.
Well, my wife hates snow so I don’t see that happening. But we will definitely get there one day! I just looked it up. Only an 11 hour car trip!!