Territorial Enterprise

The Territorial Enterprise, founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on 18 December 1858, was a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada.

[1] The paper changed hands again the next year; Joseph T. Goodman and Denis E. McCarthy moved it again, this time to Virginia City, in 1860.

Located steps from the Enterprise offices, Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille, lifelong friends, shared a room at 25 North B St. in Virginia City.

[5] Charles Carroll Goodwin joined the staff in 1873, and was chief editor from 1875–1880, before moving on to The Salt Lake Tribune.

[7][8] On 16 April 2019, an edition of the Territorial Enterprise was found in a time capsule from 1872 in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno.

Antique printing press powered by flat-belt, overhead line shaft, at the Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise , Virginia City, NV
Territorial Enterprise building, Virginia City, NV
Composing table at the Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise , Virginia City, NV
Mark Twain's desk when he was editor of the Territorial Enterprise