Lincoln Highway

Historical marker location:

600 North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada

( Marker is at the intersection of North Carson Street (Lincoln Highway) (Business U.S. 395) and West Robinson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Carson Street (Lincoln Highway).)

First Marked Coast to Coast Federal Highway.

Mark Twain spent time in Nevada: The famous American author Mark Twain spent time in Nevada during the state's mining boom in the late 1800s. He worked for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, which was a mining boomtown at the time.