The Territorial Enterprise, founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on 18 December 1858, was a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada. Published for its first two years in Genoa in what was then Utah Territory, new owners Jonathan Williams and J. B. Woolard moved the paper to Carson City, the capital of the territory, in 1859. The paper changed hands again the next year; Joseph T. Goodman and Dennis E. McCarthy moved it again, this time to Virginia City, in 1860.
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
Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
View of Virginia City, July 2016
View of Virginia City, Nevada, from a nearby hillside, 1867–68
Artist depiction of Virginia City, c. 1875
Aerial view of Virginia City in 1925