Tales of Virginia City's 1800s Vigilance Committee to be told Thursday at Gold Hill lecture
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 10:43am
Event Date:
May 26, 2016 - 7:30pm
Gus Fincel, a retired law enforcement officer, veteran and member of the 601 Vigilance Committee, which provides grants and scholarships in the Comstock region, will talk about the original “601 Vigilance Committee” at Gold Hill Hotel’s Thursday Night Presentations at 7:30 p.m.
Historically, the primary purpose of the Vigilance Committees was to maintain law and order and administer summary justice where governmental law enforcement was inadequate. In the year 1871, the "601" was formed in Virginia City. This Vigilance Committee was composed of honest, determined citizens who decided to take the law into their own hands. One of their most sensational lynchings was the stringing up of Perkins to the rafters of Piper's Opera House.
Today, 601 Vigilance Committee is a nonprofit organization located in Virginia City, Nevada. Its membership represents all five branches of the United States military services from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, conflicts and current and retired law enforcement. They are a community service organization which helps preserve the Comstock heritage and cowboy traditions through fundraisers and donations.
Dinner is from 4-8 p.m.; the presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Room of the Gold Hill Hotel.
The Gold Hill Hotel, the oldest hotel in Nevada, and its renowned Crown Point Restaurant, are located at 1540 Main Street, Gold Hill, just one mile south of Virginia City on SR 342. For dinner reservations, call the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111.
Other upcoming presentations include:
— June 2 – Tom Zachry – “Tom’s Fairly Western” Cowboy Music/Poetry
— June 9 – Sgt. Major, aka Brian Staples – “Civil War History”
— June 16 – Bonnie Matton – “Wild Horses Of The Virginia/Flowery Ranges”
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