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Site of Virginia City |
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Muleshoe vicinity,
TX,
USA
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Part of a land promotion scheme begun 1908. Advertised as future metropolis by shrewd dealers, who implied that good rains and bumper crops were typical of region. Naive buyers were treated to tours through town, where they saw shops, a lot reserved for the courthouse, and a roadbed for the railroad. Town was named for wife of an early county landowner. Although a local cowboy had remarked that Virginia City's biggest crop was suckers, many people bought land, only to face a ruinous drought, 1909-1912. Most soon moved, leaving site vacant. (1968)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
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