Old Sawdust Corner Postcard

An advertising postcard for the Old Sawdust Corner Saloon in Virginia City. This was at the corner of C and Union Streets.

Date Uploaded: March 2, 2026

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Source Caption: Sawdust Corner Saloon & Cafe


The old original Sawdust Corner Saloon & Cafe Virginia City, Nevada Phone 711 Virginia City's oldest bar and gambling house with the famous suicide table Finest of liquors, wines and beers W.M. (Shorty) Harper - The Prospector Facts of Virginia City, Nevada Discovered January 20, 1859. Population 1876 - 40,000. Elevation 6250 Feet. Helped finance government during Civil War. Helped to build San Francisco and other cities. Production in bullion Gold 600,000,000 Silver 400,000,000 Big bonanza produced 1 million tons at $118 per ton. See Piper's Opera House and other historic buildings

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