***ALERT! Due to the unhealthy and hazardous air quality in Nevada, we will be postponing the 48 State Tour in Virginia City, NV to a date to be determined in 2021***
The Comstock Cemetery Foundation is a 501c3 located in Virginia City, Nevada. Established in 1999, our goal is to restore the gardens of the past by preserving the historic cemeteries located on the Comstock within the Virginia City National Landmark. We support Silver City, Gold Hill, and Virginia City’s historic cemeteries. We are guided by a professional advisory board and an extensive master plan. We are supported by a dedicated community, county, and volunteer base. Our board of directors has been together for nearly 21 years.
The Silver Terrace Cemeteries are a series of terraces dramatically located on a steep, windswept hillside of Virginia City. As this boomtown became a more permanent settlement, there was a need for a cemetery.
Beginning in the 1860s, fraternal, civic and religious groups established burial yards on the hillside. These groups included the Masons, Pacific Coast Pioneers, Knights of Pythias, Virginia City Firemen, Wilson and Brown, Improved Order of Redmen, Roman Catholic and the city and county. Great hopes and dreams pulled immigrants from all over the world to Virginia City. Now they all rest together in these authentic Old West mining cemeteries. Because of the historic significance of the cemetery, it qualified for a “Save America’s Treasures” grant through the National Park Service and an ongoing restoration is under way.
For more specific questions or concerns regarding the event at Comstock Cemetery Foundation please contact ccfoundation@att.net.