Historical Marker
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Historical marker location:
Commercial Street, Elko, Nevada
( Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street and 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on Commercial Street.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.