The win caused the lottery to pay out 18 times what it took in for the drawing, according to lottery officials.

Then the ore dwindled, and Virginia City died. It was “Bonanza,” the venerable ‘60s TV western that helped put it back on the map. When the Cartwright clan galloped into town from the ...

sidelining his efforts to bring more than 100 slot machines back to the Delta Saloon and the Bonanza Saloon on Virginia City’s main drag. Malfitano, a former dentist in Antioch, California ...

The "Bonanza" TV show, which was not filmed in Virginia City but associated with it, turned the place into a tourism magnet. The show ran from 1959 to 1973, but its impact continued long after the ...

"They're the heart and soul of Virginia City," he told commissioners of the ... He bought the Delta Saloon and Bonanza Saloon in October 2014. Commission members said it was an issue of character ...

FOR THE RECORD: A news obituary in Wednesday’s LATExtra section on “Bonanza” creator and producer David Dortort said the TV show was set in Nevada City. It was set in Virginia City ...

"Bonanza" became a big hit, especially in Virginia City, where many of Bonanza's episodes had a Virginia City connection written into the story line. As the Cartwright Clan of the Ponderosa Ranch, ...

Excerpt from THE BONANZA KING: John Mackay and the Battle ... and silver ore running beneath the mountainside town of Virginia City, Nevada,the most important town in the young state.