Returning home to Bannack from a gold-searching trip in the Yellowstone Valley, six tired prospectors were captured by the Crow Indians. Had it not been for the quick thinking of one of them, their ...

“A great place to hang!” is an apt play on words for the historical Montana town known for its infamous Vigilante hangings during the Old West. That's the motto for the Virginia City library. Now the ...

Live music — Dave Walker and Bale of Hay perform the first and last Tuesdays of each month from 6-8 p.m., starting in June. More live music happens every Friday at 6 p.m. at Wells Fargo. Farmers ...

In 1870, teenager Sarah Gammon set off in a covered wagon for the nearly 2,000 mile trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, to the booming western mining town of Virginia City.

VIRGINIA CITY – The Opera House is no mere building to Bill Koch. “She’s a living, breathing entity, and you have to respect her. She’s old, but she’s always changing,” he said. “I never want to leave ...

DILLON, Mont. — Dillon's Bureau of Land Management's field office will be conducting prescribed burns in the South Tobacco Root Mountains near Sheridan and Virginia City this spring. Burning will ...

Thanks to the boom and bust mining cycles of the west, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are filled with ghost towns. Most of these towns date back to the 1800s and were totally or mostly abandoned, leaving ...

VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — While many businesses in this southwestern Montana “ghost town” reel in tourists with its mining and Wild West vigilante past, one businessman arrived offering a modern product: ...

The Virginia City Players bed racing team made up of rider Shawna Durney and pushers Kalond Irlanda, Blair Rath, James Durney, and Alex Armstrong break away from their rivals after the caster on their ...

VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — Crews battling the Bivens Creek Fire, which was ignited by lightning, have made significant progress, achieving 53% containment of the 2,233-acre blaze. The fire is located ...