The Comstock Lode put the town on the map, with most of the production occurring between 1860 and 1880.
Today, it’s mostly a tourist attraction.
Virginia Range mustangs can be seen nearby.
Volunteers with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses are the greatest threat to their existence, not the BLM, not the visitors and not the townspeople.
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Western Horse Watchers Association 