Historical Marker
Jacobsville
Historical marker location:
Austin, Nevada
( Marker is on U.S. 50 at milepost 17.5, on the right when traveling west.)
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.