Visiting Virginia City is like traveling back in time 🕰.
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In May 1863, a group of prospectors headed toward the Yellowstone River, discovered gold near Alder Creek. They couldn’t keep this a secret. And within weeks, Virginia City was a boomtown of thousands of fortune seekers in the midst of a gold rush 💰.
👉 Scroll a few posts down on @ambertintedlenses to see how it became a ghost town.