Muleshoe vicinity, TX, United States
Site of Virginia City. 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 r
oadbed 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 fa
Listen to the audio guide for Black plaque № 17642 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off