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November 2019
Lecture Series: “Clairvoyant, Spiritualist, Physician Mrs. C.M. Stowe appearance in Gold Hill 1866”, Kim Harris
"Clairvoyant, Spiritualist, Physician Mrs. C.M. Stowe appearance in Gold Hill 1866" Description: Mrs. C.M. Stowe was a prominent Spiritualist who traveled the Pacific Coast during the 1860s and 1870s giving lectures and offering her many clairvoyant talents. She appeared at the Vesey House (later known as the Gold Hill Hotel) in April of 1866 to lecture and offer clairvoyant physician services. Stowe was a speaker, as well as medical and business clairvoyant. She was well respected by both believers and…
Find out more »A Benefit for The Comstock Foundation – Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters
Exploring History One Spirit at a Time Description: What better place to explore for Spirits than the oldest hotel in Nevada, the Gold Hill Hotel, established in 1861. You will explore together in small groups, various sites in and around the Gold Hill Hotel, with several Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters guiding you along. The Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters seek to understand paranormal events, through investigations, using all tools at our disposal with a scientific approach. About: Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters…
Find out more »Lecture Series: “Beyond the Tunnel”, by Author Mark Stern
"Beyond the Tunnel" A book presentation & lecture about Adolph Sutro by Author Mark Stern Description: Adolph Sutro was famous for three things: the tunnel under the Comstock Silver Mines which bore his name; his dominance over the real property in San Francisco where he owned one twelfth of the city’s real estate; and his election as Mayor of that city. Earlier biographical treatments of Sutro concentrated upon construction of the tunnel and devoted little space to his other accomplishments.…
Find out more »A Benefit for The Comstock Foundation – Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters
Exploring History One Spirit at a Time Description: What better place to explore for Spirits than the oldest hotel in Nevada, the Gold Hill Hotel, established in 1861. You will explore together in small groups, various sites in and around the Gold Hill Hotel, with several Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters guiding you along. The Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters seek to understand paranormal events, through investigations, using all tools at our disposal with a scientific approach. About: Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters…
Find out more »March 2020
POSTPONED- All Lecture Series – Because of Coronavirus
Due to the circumstances regarding the Coronavirus, all of our Lecture Series have been temporarily postponed until further notice.
Find out more »October 2020
Haunted Hills and Mills – The Year 2020 Edition
Back by Popular Demand!! Haunted Hills and Mills - The Year 2020 Edition. CLICK HERE to be directed to the event and ticket page. What a crazy year 2020 has been! So crazy in fact that we have been asked numerous times … “There’s a Full Moon? On a Saturday? On Halloween?” “How will that affect the resident spirits of the Comstock?” Our answer? The only way to know….. Is to be there! The NNGH team would like to cordially…
Find out more »February 2021
“Did Ya Know on the Comstock”
Join us for an exciting lecture brought to you by The Comstock Foundation and Piper's Opera House. "Did Ya Know on the Comstock" The mostly truthful Virginia City Relic (Ron Gallagher) accompanied by his trusty cohort and triviatist, Prof. E.P. Stinkwater (Joe Curtis) will once more be performing at their best within the confines of the historic Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City, Nevada. A presentation of a random selection of Did Ya’ Knows presented for deep discussion involving the…
Find out more »Alexander Parker Crittenden
Join us for an exciting lecture brought to you by The Comstock Foundation and Piper's Opera House! Alexander Parker Crittenden – Comstock Inside Trader and Philanderer, Nevada Mining Lawyer, Adventurer, Confederate Partisan. A.P Crittenden, a lawyer and an adventurer, was an early 49’er who travelled by the southern route from Texas through Mexico to San Francisco. With strong Southern sympathies during the Civil War, he left his successful practice in California avoiding political and loyalty conflicts and migrated to the…
Find out more »March 2021
“Movies & Trains with Behind the Scenes”
Join us for an exciting lecture brought to you by The Comstock Foundation and Piper's Opera House. All aboard for a new lecture by Jim Clark, Hollywood’s Train Man.Jim is a veteran of over 250 major motion pictures, an engineer and train production coordinator. This lecture will feature some of his biggest films with behind-the-scenes stories that are sure to amaze. Coupled with Q&A plus film clips of action sequences from “The Lone Ranger”, “Wild Wild, West“, Lethal Weapon 4”,…
Find out more »“The Heyday of Honky Tonk in Virginia City” by Chris Bayer
Please join us for another evening of entertainment at Piper's Opera House. In this talk, CW Bayer and The Honky Tonk Bums will thrill listeners with some old-time jug band music. Outlines the rise of razzmatazz ragtime and traditional jazz that helped define Virginia City’s music scene from the 1940s into the 1980s. Bring your memories as this chapter of local history has yet to be completed. The talk features rare recordings and photos. Lecture starts at 7 pm; Doors…
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