Wedding event at Gold Hill Hotel
The Bar will be opening later today due to a Wedding event at the hotel. Bar will open to the general public at 5 p.m. today instead of 4 p.m. Dinner may be had in the great room or bar […]
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Lecture series continues with “Weird Haunted Virginia City” tonight!
Come to the haunting! Arline La Ferry is a Nevada Historical Society docent and 35-year historian. Arline is considered an expert in research especially the history of Virginia City, Nevada. Sandie LaNae is a psychic, paranormal Investigator, author and TV […]
Lecture series – Ernie Winters
Color Photography of Virginia City in the 1950's! Vibrant Kodachrome images from back in the day! Ernie Winters is a local photographer. Ernie is a huge supporter of the CFHC and has donated valuable photography work for the CFHC. He […]
Mark McLaughlin – Colorful Characters of the Comstock
Mark McLaughlin will present a fast-paced slideshow about the cast of characters that make the history of Nevada’s Comstock silver boom so fascinating. This snapshot history profiles the experiences of Mark Twain, George Hearst, “Crazy Sutro,” Hermann Schussler, Ellie Orrum, […]
Lecture series – Joe Curtis – What happened to all the Old Buildings?
** Note from Patrick at the Gold Hill Hotel - As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 7/25 - we are all sold out for this event! ** Joe explains his lecture: My parents moved to Virginia City in 1958 when […]
Alan Coyner – Why is there so much gold in Nevada?
Even though Nevada is known as “The Silver State”, gold mining is the dominant mineral commodity produced in the state today. In 2015 Nevada produced 5.34 million ounces of gold valued at $6.19 billion. This accounted for 83% of the […]
Private Special Event at Gold Hill – Dinner – Restaurant closed
Hello All, We are having a private rehearsal dinner on Friday, August 4th from 5 p.m. to approximately 8 p.m. So dinner will not be served this evening in the restaurant. Please note that the bar will be open at […]
Ghost Tour tonight!
Enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Crown Point followed by a ghost tour of the Gold Hill Hotel. For more information and to make reservations please call 775-815-1050
Lecture series continues! Laura Tennant – The Making of the Misfits
Just image!! It was August 1960 when Hollywood’s favorite stars, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter arrived in Dayton, Nevada to film the “The Misfits” directed by Hollywood notables: director, John Huston, producer, Frank Taylor and […]
Thursday Lecture this week – Stony Tennant – The Homestead Act
Lecture subject: Settling of the West: Public Lands and the U.S. Homestead Acts Stony Tennant began collecting Dayton historical artifacts when he settled here at the old Sutro Tunnel site in the early 1960s. During those years, he also cowboyed […]