Nevada Yesterdays: Mark Twain Part I

Published May 14, 2010 at 5:00 AM PDT

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On April 21, 1910, a man with bushy white hair and a thick moustache died. We remember the centennial of the death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who moved to Nevada and became Mark Twain.

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NPR: 'Man In White' Reveals Twain's Haunted Final Years

NPR: The Icon Answers: 'Who Is Mark Twain?'

NPR: Why Mark Twain Still Matters

PBS: Samuel Clemens

SFist: nugget o' history: Mark Twain torched Lake Tahoe?

Visit Virginia City: Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise