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Description: History has a way of enhancing or eroding reality, which is then promulgated by media and fiction becomes fact. For the Grosh Brothers, it deprived them, and their descendants, of their rightful place in America’s history. Hosea Ballou Grosh and his brother, Ethan Allen Grosh, discovered the Comstock Lode in the Virginia Range in […]

Join us for our next Lecture Series, Hot Air Balloons, Excluding Mark Twain, brought to you by Piper's Opera House and The Comstock Foundation. LECTURE DESCRIPTION: The history of ballooning is a fascinating one. It includes Benjamin Franklin, a couple of French paper makers, and a couple of barnyard animals. After many repeated experiments during […]

Dirty Cello at the historic Piper's Opera House in Virginia City! This 1885 historic landmark has played host to Mark Twain, John Phillip Sousa and Errol Flynn and Dirty Cello! Dirty Cello - cello like you've never heard before! Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, the soul of BB King, and the fire of […]