The
Territorial Enterprise, founded in 1858, is a newspaper currently published in
Virginia City, NevadaVirginia City is an unincorporated community that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. The paper was published for its first two years in
Genoa, NevadaGenoa is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in in 1850, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson Valley and is about south of Reno....
and moved to Virginia City in 1860. Noted author
Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted...
worked for the paper during the 1860s. The paper went out of publication for a while and was purchased and revived by author, journalist, and railroad historian
Lucius BeebeLucius Morris Beebe was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist.-Early life and education:...
and his long-time companion and co-author
Charles CleggCharles M. Clegg, Jr. , was an American author, photographer, and railroad historian. Clegg is primarily remembered as the lifelong companion of famed railroad author Lucius Beebe, and was a co-author of many of Beebe's best-known books....
in 1952.
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The
Territorial Enterprise, founded in 1858, is a newspaper currently published in
Virginia City, NevadaVirginia City is an unincorporated community that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. The paper was published for its first two years in
Genoa, NevadaGenoa is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in in 1850, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson Valley and is about south of Reno....
and moved to Virginia City in 1860. Noted author
Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted...
worked for the paper during the 1860s. The paper went out of publication for a while and was purchased and revived by author, journalist, and railroad historian
Lucius BeebeLucius Morris Beebe was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist.-Early life and education:...
and his long-time companion and co-author
Charles CleggCharles M. Clegg, Jr. , was an American author, photographer, and railroad historian. Clegg is primarily remembered as the lifelong companion of famed railroad author Lucius Beebe, and was a co-author of many of Beebe's best-known books....
in 1952.
In the fall of 1959, the
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, set in
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, aired its fifth episode "Enter Mark Twain", with
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in the role of the young author who comes to work at the Virginia City
Territorial Enterprise.