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Museums 101: The Nevada City Living History Museum (Photo Diary)

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by Ojibwa for Museums

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Monday, Apr. 29, 2019 Monday, Apr. 29, 2019 at 7:36:18am PDT

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In 1863, placer gold was discovered in Alder Gulch in Montana and the rush to find the mother lode began. Nevada City and Virginia City soon became boom towns. Between 1945 and 1978 Nevada City was restored as a living historical museum which includes over 100 buildings, most of which were moved to this site from other Montana locations and restored. Today this is a living history museum.

photo P1020469_zpsqiwjkvv4.jpg — Shown above in Nevada City on July 4, 1865.

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photo P1020756_zps5yhpy5tq.jpg — Shown above is the Switzer House which was built in 1864 on the Andrew Switzer homestead near Jeffers. In was moved to Nevada City in 1964.

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photo P1020797_zpse7kmru3u.jpg — Shown above in the Linderman Building. Frank Bird Linderman (1969-1938) is a famous Montana author whose books include Indian Why Stories and Out of the North in Blackfeet Indians. In this building Linderman ran a store, an assay office, and his newspaper The Sheridan Weekly Chinook. The building was moved in Nevada City in 1978.

photo P1020798_zps1nfydvmt.jpg — Shown above is the 1870s Edmiston House from Laurin, Montana. The front is covered with siding to hide the log construction.

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