People travel from all over the world to experience Virginia City, Montana.
Students and teachers may use these readings, maps, historical photos, and documents by themselves or as a prelude to an actual visit to Virginia City. Student Objectives 1. To learn about the discovery of gold in Alder Gulch and the community that developed in the center of this discovery, as well as the part played by that gold in the Civil War. To examine the diversity of people living in Virginia City in the 1860s and the kind of culture they built more than 500 miles from the nearest American city. To examine the Montana Vigilantes and evaluate their actions.