Virginia City Stagecoach, 1866

Courtesy of Library of Congress

The International Hotel in Virginia City (seen here from another angle) held the offices of the California Stage Company. Here a stagecoach is all loaded and ready to depart, via Geiger Grade, to Reno. From there it would follow the future path of the Transcontinental Railroad (still being built) over the Sierra at Donner Summit and on to Sacramento.

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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

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Source Caption: California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, for California via Donner Lake

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.

Gems of California scenery, no. 712.

LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches.

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