Virgin Valley

Historical marker location:

35 West Mesquite Boulevard, Mesquite, Nevada

( Marker is at the intersection of West Mesquite Boulevard (Nevada Route 144) and Yucca Street, on the right when traveling west on West Mesquite Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 1969

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.