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Daily Territorial Enterprise
Daily Territorial Enterprise

Keywords:
Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain
Access:
Free Access
City:
Virginia City
County:
Storey County
Coverage Areas:
Virginia City
Database:
Nevada Library Cooperative
Date Range Available:
1883-1900
Publisher Information:

1858 in Genoa, Nevada by William L. Jernegan and Alfred James,
1859 William L. Jernegan and Jonathan Williams moved the paper to Carson City,
1860 Jonathan Williams, moved the publication to Virginia City,
1861 Jonathan Williams, Joseph T. Goodman, and Denis E. McCarthy,
1861 Samuel Clemens began writing for the Enterprise,
1863 Goodman and McCarthy,
1865 Goodman,
1874 William Sharon,
January 1893 the paper closed down,
December 1893 John E. McKinnon,
1896 Fred J. Norris,
1898-1916 Frank A. Blake suspended the Enterprise and it merged with the Chronicle.

Lingenfelter, R. E., & Gash, K. R. (1984). The Newspapers of Nevada. p.253-254.

Related Library Holdings:
Time:
Historical
Time Range:
1880-1889, 1890-1899
Title History:

Related:
Virginia Evening Chronicle (1872-1927)

Description

“The Territorial Enterprise was Nevada's first, and for many years its most influential, newspaper.” 

Lingenfelter, R. E., & Gash, K. R. (1984). The Newspapers of Nevada. p.253.

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