James T Fennimore & John ‘Snowshoe Thompson

Latitude 39.310045
Longitude -119.649744
City Virginia City
State Nevada
General Location In front of Territorial Enterprise Museum
Dedicated 1959

Plaque Text

Dedicated to two of Nevada’s brawniest pioneers: James T. Fennimore who on a wild night in 1859 christened this town Virginia – and to John ‘Snowshoe’ Thompson who carried the mails on homemade skiis during the crescent years of the Comstock Lode. Erected June 13, 1959 by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter E Clampus Vitus

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