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Caption: Marker detail: Henry Riter & wife Edna at Bowers Mansion
Additional Description: During the summer of 1878 the V&T (Virginia and Truckee) train offered special Sunday excursions to Bowers Mansion. People could travel in from Virginia City or Gold Hill roundtrip and enjoy the day in a beautiful setting.

Henry Riter was always sensitive to Eilley Bower's tragic story. When he heard news of her death in California in 1903, he made arrangements to have her ashes returned home. She rests now with all of her family on the hillside above the mansion, thanks to Mr. Riter.
Submitted: December 30, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p560480
File Size: 3.860 Megabytes

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