HAUNTED PLACE; Virginia City Cemetery

ADDRESS /LOCATION:

The Virginia City Cemeteries can be found up on a hill, on the north end of Virginia City, just off of Hwy 341. It is located just across from the old Mexican Mine.

DESCRIPTION:

The Virginia City Cemetery is actually several cemeteries located together in this area. Every group in Virginia City society had their own place to bury their loved ones, along "ethnic, religious, professional and fraternal lines." There is a Catholic Cemetery, a Mason Cemetery, a Firemen's Cemetery, and a Protestant area, to name some of these divisions. A variety of graves can be seen here, from the simple to the grand.

There are acres of graves, that once were beautifully decorated with gardens back in the late 1800's. A variety of graves can be seen here, from the simple to the grand.  People from all economic groups  were laid to rest here, though some aren't at rest, but restless.

HISTORY OF MANIFESTATIONS:

Life was hard in this mining town. Many things killed people, besides old age.  Mining accidents,  disease, childbirth, fires, dumb accidents, gun shot killings, and other forms of murder suddenly took lives away, which can cause restless spirits.

A lot of women didn't live past 30, many died in childbirth, and or from disease.
Disease was a big killer, across all economic classes.  

MANIFESTATIONS:

A lot of women didn't live past 30, many died in childbirth, and or from disease.
Disease was a big killer, across all economic classes.  

Julia Bullette, a famous Virginia City prostitute, is supposedly buried in this graveyard. Many think that her remains aren't really there, because of what is seen coming up from her grave.

A thin, young woman apparition, definitely not Julia, has been seen rising up, who is wearing a brown, bustled dress, with a dark velvet collar. A ghost of a young child is also seen playing at her feet. As Julia had no children, she probably isn't in her marked grave.

An entity of a young girl is seen standing in front of some graves.

For some reason, perhaps because of the possibililites listed above, there are entities that can't rest.

Unknown Male Entity: Southwest Ghost Hunter Society captured an apparition of a man wearing a coat and tie and hat near some graves, after a storm had passed by.

A gravestone is seems to glow from a distance, but stops when people come near, making it hard to find.

A gravestone of a deceased male seems to move by itself. This also has happened at Mount holly Cemetery in Ar.)

STILL HAUNTED?

Yes indeed! Both personal experiences of visitors/townspeople and hard evidence point to the fact that some spirits are indeed restless here.

All Pictures Taken by Tom Carr

SOURCES INCLUDE:

jour.unr.edu * www.sgha.net