Seniors gone wild - Day 6

Today was a big day for me, historically. Today we went to Nevada City Montana, site of the hanging of George Ives, an ancestor of mine! Isn't that wild!?

We spent a good portion of the day here. It was pretty cool. Again, some of the building are original to the site and some of them are from neighboring towns. It's a nice presentation though and except for all the grassy area, it gave you a good feel for what it was like to live there in 1863. 

 This is the Sheriff's office

This is the old hotel...see to the left, that 2 story outhouse??? I don't even know how anyone thought that was a good idea!!!

Poor George. He was just an innocent scapegoat. I hear that they still hang him in effigy every year. They should stop doing that. 

Nevada City isn't really the tourist attraction that it could be. I hope that's by design. The next little place, Virginia City, was very touristy.Clearly it was very old but they added to most of the building to make them retail worthy. That just cheapens it for me. We drove through but didn't stop. We did hit their BootHill Cemetery on the way out though. It had the best view, up on the hill. 

On to Idaho!!