Virginia City: Mark Twain, Haunted Hotels, and Suicide Tables!

History, Tourist Traps, Suicide Tables, Mining, Haunts!! All of it right here in Virginia City, Nevada. As a huge fan of Mark Twain and his book 'Roughing it' I've known a lot about Virginia City and the Comstock years, and always wanted to see the town for myself.
This was the place Samuel Clemens first worked as a professional writer under the name "Mark Twain" - and it was also the place where one of the richest mining booms in old west history took place. The comstock is legendary, and it left plenty of legendary attractions above it straddling the side of Mt Davidson in Virginia!
This video is the result of our first visit here together, but there should be many more, hopefully when I'm not completely sick! Thanks for watching!
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I really do recommend staying at the silver queen hotel - it's not 5 star luxury, but it;s definitely interesting! Please tell them we sent you. Not that they hooked us up or anything, just that it was a pretty wacky experience. Xoxo - Justin

[@adamthewoo]

Might be my favorite Randomland in a long time. Love towns like this and how much weird history and wacky stuff exist.

[@NomadicDmitry]

I was there and I just LOVE this town. Nothing I've seen so really close to old West! Will go back there soon for more fun :) I don't know but I feel so much better when I visit something rare and one of a kind, rather than popular tourist destinations where everything is just about spending money and that's it.

[@basedsalty6970]

Yes its very rare these days when you find a gem like this. It truly is worth visiting too

[@jasonleman1396]

thanks for this, I used to live in Reno and we would take day tours to Virginia city as a kid in the 80s this brings back memories (my parents were married there as well).

[@NightMareOSU]

I've been here once every year since I was 10 or so since my family owns a town house in South Shore Tahoe in Marla Bay. I love Virginia City! It's such an awesome town with great people and lots of amazing stores and history! I was there last Monday actually xD

[@silkysays3557]

I love historic tours esp. when our host loves them as much.Thx Justin. Huggs,silky

[@BrookieWhite16]

I've lived in Reno my entire life and have been going to Virgina City, Carson, and Tahoe all my life as well and didn't know about 98% of this stuff! Haha thank you for educating me about my state!

[@adamthewoo]

THUMBS UP for gnarly real man bro down at 14:15

[@tijuanagringo]

Sam Clemens was one of the great ones. You are right to bow down before his memory. LOL. I find your work very inspiring. The crickets are total. Totally cool.

[@Trainlover1995]

Did you ride the Virginia and Truckee Railroad? The 35-minute short ride provides alot of insight on the Comstock Lode. The V&T itself, back in the day, was the lynchpin of the mines. The railroad was opened in 1869 between Carson City and Gold Hill, with the extension to Virginia City opening a year later. Two years later, in 1872, the line was extended north from Carson City to Reno, connecting the V&T to the First Transcontinental Railroad. A branchline to Minden was opened in 1905 to tap into the agricultural traffic. By the 1920s, the railroad's fortunes declined, as the mines were depleted and all other traffic was starting to shift to automobiles and trucks. The line between Virginia City and Carson City was demoted to branchline status in 1932, shut down in 1938, and torn up in 1941. The line from Minden to Reno remained in service until 1950, when the entire line was shutdown. Robert C. Gray, one of the passengers on the final train to Virginia City in 1938, set out in 1972 to reconstruct the railroad, as the TV series Bonanza had brought a tourism boom. The line was opened between Virginia City and the eastern portal of Tunnel #4 (a little over a mile) in 1976, with an extension to Gold Hill in 1991 (they had to build a shoehorn around Tunnel #3 when it caved in during reconstruction efforts), and, with the help of the state, to Mound House in 2009. The railroad currently owns three steam locomotives (two operational), three diesels (two operational), a motorcar, an open car, two cabooses, a tunnel car converted from a boxcar, seven passenger cars (three in service, one used as a work coach, the rest in operable condition, but not in service at the moment), and several freight cars.

[@fullermrff]

BNSF1995 wow, very informative. I have taken that train ride a few years ago, very interesting..and fun

[@LiveFastDiePoor]

BNSF1995 Didn't get a chance this time but I hope to return shortly

[@vegasfan1]

@@fullermrff thank you for this information! I remember visiting in '88 and now I am going back this summer. Cant wait to see it again.

[@TimmyME]

"She remembers" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Oh man... that never gets old!

[@mellymuse1]

This was AWESOME Justin!! Seriously, great work!

[@noradennis4361]

Fantastic video Justin. Thoroughly enjoyed your visit to Virginia City! Love all the info on Mark Twain as well. One of my favorite authors!

[@MikeKarschti]

I really enjoyed this. I don't know much about Mark Twain so I found it very interesting. Thanks for learning me some schweet Virgina City info too. Nice work.

[@mariahconklin3765]

How fun. Glad to be subscribed to these videos again. Yay!

[@bs5064]

Thank you so much for this. It brings back childhood memories. My parents would take us to south Lake Tahoe for vacation every summer and this was a regular stop every year. So much fun. I was fortunate to take my kids once when they were little.

[@xxluvya]

I'm always impressed with how knowledgable you are and how you keep it interesting. I've been following you since early 2013 and love watching your subscriber number rise!

Dude, great video ..

[@patsylutz6058]

Loved your sharing of Virginia City, Justin! I have been excited to take my husband there in October! Jim and I loved watching your video. Glad we met you in Disneyland with our granddaughter, "Shelbee"! Shelbee's Grandma!

[@spickett12345]

You make history come alive! Thanks for another great video!

[@torineg.847]

yeah sort of spasmodic too talks to much, I lived in reno at one point. been there many times, It's really gone all commercial.

[@RCCrawlerz209]

Man, I feel like it's been awhile since I've been around here, most the time taken the main highway to bypass town. Lol I should stop here next time I visit. Btw, can't wait for your Bodie video, that's gonna be pretty exciting! ;)

[@mrkyle316]

Great episode Justin. Great energy and information

[@Magic_Journeys]

Wow man, knowing how much you love Mark Twain it must of felt amazing just being there!! Great Randomland Justin!

[@keetoo60]

Oh wait! Oh, okay, you said you would come back...but I was hoping you might have visited the cemetery. THAT was the most fascinating area for me. Looking forward to your return visit and your comments there. Good job on this one BTW.

[@tijuanagringo]

It's been years and years and years since I last visited Virginia City. You make me want to go see it again!

[@jenpeace3763]

This was so fun to watch. I love Mark Twain and have tickets to his home and museum in Hannibal which I was going to see last week while on a buisness trip; however, it flooded so parts of the hwy closed. I am going back in November. Keep up the amazing work. :)

[@bonniekaye]

Awesome, love this!

[@charliemancuso5690]

I enjoyed the video. Good job. A lot of information.

[@rougepenguin4190]

Now it says do not touch. *proceeds to touch every single item in the basement*

[@MrOrsie]

Great video! I really enjoyed this one! Lots of interesting things that I never knew before. It was a bit crappy at times though... (Ba-Dum Crash). 😝

[@Visuwyg]

This was awesomely quaint :D I got my shirt in the mail (unfortunately only after I got back from california) - but it's still my favorite souvenir :D Love your videos, I actually visited several places just because of them!

[@hatcherbabygirl]

Much better. Thanks for the info. Heading there in 3 weeks.

[@ObiTrev]

My dad always loved walking the cemetery at sunset when we visited there.

[@transtremm]

A classic, "she remembers" it's been a while.

[@LizzyTexBorden]

As a history of the American West fanatic, this was fantastic. Would love to go there.

[@jessrachel4110]

i really enjoyed this video, i was just recently in virginia city & didn't know any of that.

[@LizIsHauntedMiddleton]

Oh man I laughed so hard when you said "She remembers" lol

[@gemoftheocean]

Great video, but DUDE! you missed the opera house, the wooden floor was supported by springs, so it could be danced on!

[@BunnyCat]

is it disturbing that i typed Live Fast Die Poop as a type-o and i got the randomland Poop Gate ?

[@crzdisneybros8507]

Another great Random Land Justin!!

[@markfrench8892]

Not much I already didn't know since i use to actually live in VC on D Street for a while, but its a great video.

[@tiffanykerr2225]

Love your channel.

[@whatever1210]

hey Ive been here. I was there when I was a little kid. :D

[@Mnrusty1]

You are hilarious and fun. Nice work.

[@CBLounge2112]

You didn't visit the cemetery dood!!! GREAT job Justin!!

[@robertweed185]

Thanks, always wanted to visit there

[@masque22]

Very cool!

[@pappy4075]

BRILLIANT should be in every history class

[@moongiggler]

This was really great. I wish there was stuff like this in the UK

[@gamalielshapira]

moon_ giggler While it is true that mining towns like this are pretty unique to the western US, the UK has its own share of amazing history and locations. For example, I would love to retrace Wainwright's Pictorial Guides and explore those areas.

[@michaelgordon264]

Brilliant!

[@stone8654]

Awesome Mark Twain tattoo 😎

[@theaftermath2206]

going there tomorrow favorite town

[@stelvio-zr3ot]

really good!

[@mattyc7345]

I've been there on a field trip. Loved it

[@TheSuperBigPunch]

I remember I used to live near Hannibal, Missouri (Mark Twain's hometown) and they were nuts about him there. Hannibal isn't as much of a town, now it's more of a Huge Mark Twain museum where people happen to live. They've got his childhood home, Huck Finn's home, Becky Thatcher's home, Mark Twain Cave, Mark Twain Live Show, Mark Twain water park, etc... Plus, it has some Disney history, Cliff Edwards (voice of Jiminy Cricket) was born here, as well as the Unsinkable Molly Brown. I recommend going, it's very cool and very historic.

[@TheSuperBigPunch]

I just remembered that you've already made a video there.

[@patsylutz6058]

BTW, you would make a wonderful teacher!!

[@RandomlyBeautiful13]

Mark Twain and his family lived about 30 minutes from where I live! (In Connecticut)

[@Frost517]

RandomlyBeautiful13 Mark Twain got around. He's buried and we have his study in Elmira, NY.

[@RandomlyBeautiful13]

Hartford. :)

[@LiveYourDreamOutloud]

RandomlyBeautiful13 Your beautiful

[@Belushi87]

i heard about "the washoe club" from Ghost Adventures. i love haunted buildings.

[@ginamaria2579]

This was AWESOME, you are totally adorable !

[@Ingrid-vw2sm]

I love the she remembers lady part Lol!!

[@Robothut]

Great job and well worth a patreon donation I would say.

[@bettyforddroput]

"She remembers..." hahahaha dyin'

[@thepopcollectionconnection8481]

was just here last week. it was too cool.

[@nettlescats3796]

1:56 Western Tanager, they are usually forest birds.

[@ramsnation39]

Wait, I thought Mark Twain was born in Missouri? Florida, Missouri to be specific. I did a presentation about him in high school. I swear he wasn't born in Nevada. I lived here in Nevada all my life to know enough that Twain wasn't born in here.

[@ciscoponch67]

What a load of crap! See what I did there. Comstock Load, Crappiest aritfacts......oook. Thanks again Justin. That looks like a really cool place to check out. And I love Mark Twain, as well. Keep up the great videos, Sir Justin!

[@ciscoponch67]

Rock on, Justin! "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain

[@TBustah]

The Clemens brothers didn't just live in Nevada, Orion was more or less our first governor. James Nye (the first and only governor of the Nevada Territory) was usually off rubbing elbows with important people, leaving Secretary Orion Clemens to do all of the real work out of a drafty shack in Virginia City.

[@cro647]

I loved the video but poor bird!

[@SunKissedKrissy]

Orion w/ a long 'i'... like the famous constellation. Like the Metallica song, lol. Dig that name so much - I gave it to my son.

[@theadventuresofee8666]

We want to go to Virginia City one day and visit the haunted places.

[@andersersand]

Lake Tahoe a few hundred miles away.. haha

[@PHiNiX08]

Damn. You were here and I didn't even know

[@fake_justinscarred2948]

"The crappiest artifact in here!" That joke... was asinine!

[@exoticbutters9867]

this guy....quacks me up

[@HotChickenNV]

Dang...I live in Carson City, I would have been honored to take you on a tour! Of course it seems like you know far more about the area, than I. Next time, you should visit Piper's Opera House, and then stop over at the Bucket of Blood for a tasty Bloody Mary! Then hop on the old V&T for a trip to Carson City. Oh, so much to do, so little time!

[@HotChickenNV]

Well...let me know...I'm game...You can school me in my own town!

[@zenobiacomstock]

im subbing i love vc so much im happy i love close 😂

[@triggered8556]

You should have gone to the cemetery which had really old tombstones

[@LHStostardome]

I love your vlogs. Always so informative. : )

[@ColinG943]

You: the Bill Nye of tourist destinations

[@LiveFastDiePoor]

fmlyguyfan222 thanks :D

[@ColinG943]

You're welcome

[@tijuanagringo]

Oh LOOK!!! A Burro!!! (Donkey?) Hee haw.

[@white_husky8717]

I love going to Virginia city especially for the camel races

[@GalaxyTheCharmingTurd]

More videos on Virginia City and maybe possibly go to Carson City because I have gotten creepy feelings inside the Nevada State Museum ..it has given me weird Vibes when I've gone in there so check that out😃😱

[@tordkristiankaroliussen9719]

Who else tought about Bonanza?

[@iimZeon]

Hes in my Territory! :O

[@sopersonictails]

Can u do more on Carson city

[@pinksparkle1965love]

Too 😍

[@metalneverends7155]

LiveFastDiePoor I guess you really love Mark Twain

[@metalneverends7155]

***** Awesome XD

[@MartinSage]

Why didn't they paint Miners on the Photo Po board??

[@sopersonictails]

In fact I live in the capital XD u even said it I got scared

[@zenobiacomstock]

also there’s soooooo much moreeee therereee

[@erasure33]

I grew visiting Virginia City and I visited a few years back and....this is seriously the most tourist-hated destination I have ever been to. The bar and casino owners were absolutely nasty to me and the shop owners completely indifferent. PLEASE avoid this town.

[@marcostorres5940]

I know most of that my school had reenactments and we have to build houses and we would have to pretend that we were famous people during the civil war and the goldrush and the revolutionary war after that we would put on a show with 3 classes and we would reenact the war

[@randolphwellington1704]

I always wondered what a geek looked and sounded like. Now I know. Don't bother watching or subscribing.

[@johnpurdy3336]

So because you personally didn't like the video, no one else should either? Great logic lmao. Let's see you make something better. I'll wait...

[@pinksparkle1965love]

😍

[@Lordylbc]

How bout another Knotts berry farm random land ???

[@tijuanagringo]

OMG you really have Mark Twain tattttttooooooo??? Dude.

[@fudgmonkeys34]

3:15 wow your hair

[@palerider55]

Dude... I lived in Reno and worked at then, Reno Harley Davidson, Buell. I'm a retired Harley Davidson tech, and I spent almost every weekend up at Virginia City for 4 years. I did not know a lot of what you relayed in this video. Great info... you did well, but do you really have to act so... nutty? Don't mean to rag on ya, man, I liked the video, seriously, it was just a little... over done with the acting. I bet if you just acted more like yourself, or... just natural, it would be better. In any case, keep it up, good job. OH, and FYI, you could mentioned the prostitute that committed suicide in room 111 in the Silver Queen, and yes it is haunted. I have a video of a ball of light crossing the hall upstairs there, right above her room. I have similar video from the Washoe Club, which they did not allow anyone to go upstairs before I left in 2008. Actually, I'm going to try and upload those vids... How could you do all that and miss "David John and the Comstock Cowboys" at the "Bucket of Blood Saloon?" They are Virginia City legends.

[@sopersonictails]

Xd hey I live in Nevada

[@tomcalderwood3189]

Wait. WAIT!!! You didn't see the connection of the main tourist trap street of Virginia City and Main Street USA??? Grab your video frames and do a very careful analysis of the street lamps of Virginia City and the street lamps of Main Street, Disneyland. Seriously! Check the model numbers - some of them in Disneyland don't have any - those are reproductions. But the ones that do - do they match the model numbers of the street lamps in Virginia City??!??!? You didn't see it? AAAUUUGGGHHHHH!!

[@pinksparkle1965love]

Cute@)) Thank you son