Battle Mountain

Historical marker location:

Battle Mountain, Nevada

( Marker is on E. Front St (Nevada Route 304) west of N. Reese St, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1970

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.