Historical Marker
Rochester
Historical marker location:
Rochester, Nevada
( Marker is on Rochester Canyon Road, 6 miles south of Lovelock-Unionville Road, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1986
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.