Historical Marker
Jean, Nevada
Historical marker location:
1 Main Street, Jean, Nevada
( Marker is on Las Vegas Boulevard (Nevada Route 161) 0.1 miles east of Interstate 15, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2010
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.