1. Christmas Frontier-Style.
- Author
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Lalire, Gregory
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CHRISTMAS , *HOLIDAYS - Abstract
This article describes Christmas Day in Virginia City, Montana. In 1865, Jesuit Father Francis X. Kuppens described how tidings were spread in a theater, the largest place in the capital city, so that Father Joseph Giorda could give a Mass at midnight on Christmas Eve. At present, the city sponsors the Virginia City Christmas Socials and Market, a month-long celebration of concerts and festivities with a 19th-century theme. The mining camp of Denver City was just over a month old when Christmas arrived in 1858, in the form of Richens Lacy Wootton.
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- 2007