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The Old West Card Table With a Deadly Past

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We were drawn to Virginia City, Nevada to learn more about a legendary, cursed gambling table in one of the Old West’s most authentic ghost towns.

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The great Comstock Lode of the late 19th century transformed Virginia City, Nevada from a small mining town into the Richest Place on Earth. The dust had not yet settled on California’s Gold Rush and suddenly, Nevada silver took its place atop the minds of bankers, entrepreneurs, and  industrialists.

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