Historical Marker
Block 16
Historical marker location:
Las Vegas, Nevada
( Marker is at the intersection of East Ogden Avenue and North 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on East Ogden Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2005
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.