Col. Morris Pinschower Building

Historical marker location:

Virginia City, Nevada

( Marker is on C Street (Nevada Route 341) south of Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2004

1862.

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.