Ophir Grade

Historical marker location:

Virginia City, Nevada

( Marker is on South C Street (State Highway 341), on the left when traveling north.)

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.