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The Territorial Enterprise
Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Territorial Enterprise Historical and Educational Foundation
Founder(s)	William Jernegan and Alfred James
Founded	December 18, 1858
Language	English
Ceased publication	January 16, 1893
Headquarters	Virginia City, Nevada
Country	United States
Website	www.territorial-; enterprise.com
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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.^[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.^[1]^[2]

Antique printing press powered by flat-belt, overhead line shaft, at the Mark Twain Museum at the *Territorial Enterprise*, Virginia City, NV

Noted author Mark Twain wrote for the paper during the 1860s along with writer Dan DeQuille. To cover for DeQuille, who took time off to visit his family in Iowa, the young Sam Clemens was hired. Located steps from the Enterprise offices, Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille, lifelong friends, shared a room at 25 North B St. in Virginia City.

The paper was owned and operated by the Blake family in the 1890s through the 1920s.

The paper went out of publication for a while and was revived by Helen Crawford Dorst in 1946 and was later purchased and revived by author, journalist, and railroad historian Lucius Beebe and his long-time companion and co-author Charles Clegg on 2 May 1952.^[3] Clegg and Beebe sold the Territorial Enterprise in 1961.^[4]

*Territorial Enterprise* building, Virginia City, NV

History

Joseph T. Goodman was owner and editor of the Territorial Enterprise in the 1860s. He was succeeded by William Sharon who hired Rollin Daggett as managing editor in 1874.^[5] Charles Carroll Goodwin joined the staff in 1873, and was chief editor from 1875–1880, before moving on to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Composing table at the Mark Twain Museum at the *Territorial Enterprise*, Virginia City, NV

Today

As of 2016, Thomas and Deborah Hayward are now the current owners of the Territorial Enterprise buildings and Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas Muzzio is president of the Territorial Enterprise Historical and Educational Foundation, which maintains a Web site dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Territorial Enterprise and the history of journalism in the West.^[6]

Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise

Mark Twain's desk when he was editor of the *Territorial Enterprise*

The Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise, a separate entity from the above, operates a museum in the original Territorial Enterprise building in Virginia City, NV. The museum features the original desk used by Mark Twain when he was editor of the paper. Other exhibits include antique printing presses, an early Linotype machine, a proof press, stone composing tables (one of which Mark Twain and other employees of the paper used to sleep on), and various other antiques.^[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.^[9]^[10]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lee, James Melvin (1917). "Chapter 14" . History of American Journalism .
^ Territorial Enterprise On-Line Nevada Web site (http://onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise), Retrieved 9-24-2011.
^ Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News, Volume 98, No. 18 (Friday, May 2, 1952). It was priced at 15 cents a copy. The front page stories included the successful Virginia City Art Week, an article on the notables who would be writing for the paper, and a piece about Virginia City in the 1870s.
^ "Territorial Enterprise Building," National Park Service Web site (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ter.htm), Retrieved 9-24-2011.
^ Ronald James (2009-03-20). "Territorial Enterprise". The Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
^ "Mission Statement," Territorial Enterprise Historical and Educational Foundation Web site (http://www.territorial-enterprise.com/foundation/mission.html), Retrieved 9-23-2011.
^ "Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise," VisitVirginiaCityNV Web site (http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/attractions_marktwain.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.
^ "Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise," Nevada Museums, Travel Nevada Web (http://museums.travelnevada.com/destination/mark-twain-museum-at-the-territorial-enterprise.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.
^ "Reno's 1872 time capsule includes California Gold Rush lore". Associated Press. 17 April 2019.
^ "1872 time capsule from Masonic Lodge opened in Reno". 12 April 2019.

References

Beebe, Lucius (1954). Comstock Commotion: The Story of the Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

External links

Territorial Enterprise Building - includes museum contact, National Park Service
Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise - Visit Virginia City, Nevada
HABS No. NV-15-9, "Mark Twain "Enterprise" Building, C Street, Virginia City, Storey County, NV", 1 photo
Enterprise Publishing Company records. Enterprise Publishing Company (Virginia City, Nev.) creator. 1874-1911. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.

[AmJourn-1] Lee, James Melvin (1917). "Chapter 14" . History of American Journalism .

[2] Territorial Enterprise On-Line Nevada Web site (http://onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise), Retrieved 9-24-2011.

[3] Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News, Volume 98, No. 18 (Friday, May 2, 1952). It was priced at 15 cents a copy. The front page stories included the successful Virginia City Art Week, an article on the notables who would be writing for the paper, and a piece about Virginia City in the 1870s.

[4] "Territorial Enterprise Building," National Park Service Web site (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ter.htm), Retrieved 9-24-2011.

[5] Ronald James (2009-03-20). "Territorial Enterprise". The Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-10-29.

[6] "Mission Statement," Territorial Enterprise Historical and Educational Foundation Web site (http://www.territorial-enterprise.com/foundation/mission.html), Retrieved 9-23-2011.

[7] "Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise," VisitVirginiaCityNV Web site (http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/attractions_marktwain.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.

[8] "Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise," Nevada Museums, Travel Nevada Web (http://museums.travelnevada.com/destination/mark-twain-museum-at-the-territorial-enterprise.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.

[9] "Reno's 1872 time capsule includes California Gold Rush lore". Associated Press. 17 April 2019.

[10] "1872 time capsule from Masonic Lodge opened in Reno". 12 April 2019.

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+| foundation = December 18, 1858
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-The '''''Territorial Enterprise''''', founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on December 18, 1858, was a newspaper published in [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]], [[Nevada]]. The paper was published for its first two years in [[Genoa, Nevada|Genoa]] in what was then [[Utah Territory]]. New owners Jonathan Williams and J. B. Woolard moved the paper to [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], the capital of the territory, in 1859.<ref name=AmJourn>{{cite book |title=[[wikisource:en:History of American Journalism|History of American Journalism]] |first=James Melvin |last=Lee |chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of American Journalism/Chapter 14|Chapter 14]] |year=1917 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=AmJourn /><ref>''Territorial Enterprise'' On-Line Nevada Web site (http://onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref>
+The '''''Territorial Enterprise''''', founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on 18 December 1858, was a newspaper published in [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]], [[Nevada]]. Published for its first two years in [[Genoa, Nevada|Genoa]] in what was then [[Utah Territory]], new owners Jonathan Williams and J. B. Woolard moved the paper to [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], the capital of the territory, in 1859.<ref name=AmJourn>{{cite book |title=[[wikisource:en:History of American Journalism|History of American Journalism]] |first=James Melvin |last=Lee |chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of American Journalism/Chapter 14|Chapter 14]] |year=1917 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=AmJourn /><ref>''Territorial Enterprise'' On-Line Nevada Web site (http://onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref>
-[[File:Antique printing press at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum, Virginia City, NV.jpg|thumb|left|Antique printing press powered by flat-belt, overhead line shaft, at the Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise'', Virginia City, NV]]
-{{clear}}
+[[File:Antique printing press at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum, Virginia City, NV.jpg|thumb|right|Antique printing press powered by flat-belt, overhead line shaft, at the Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise'', Virginia City, NV]]
-Noted author [[Mark Twain]] worked for the paper during the 1860s along with writer [[Dan DeQuille]]. The young Sam Clemens was hired to cover for DeQuille, who took time off to visit his family in Iowa.  Later, Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille, lifelong friends, shared a room at 25 North B St. in Virginia City, steps from the ''Enterprise'' offices.
-The paper went out of publication for a while and was revived by Helen Crawford Dorst in 1946 and was later purchased and revived by author, journalist, and railroad historian [[Lucius Beebe]] and his long-time companion and co-author [[Charles Clegg]] on May 2, 1952.<ref>Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News, Volume 98, No. 18 (Friday, May 2, 1952). It was priced at 15 cents a copy. The front page stories included the successful Virginia City Art Week, an article on the notables who would be writing for the paper, and a piece about Virginia City in the 1870s.</ref> Clegg and Beebe sold the ''Territorial Enterprise'' in 1961.<ref>"Territorial Enterprise Building," National Park Service Web site (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ter.htm), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref>
+Noted author [[Mark Twain]] wrote for the paper during the 1860s along with writer [[Dan DeQuille]]. To cover for DeQuille, who took time off to visit his family in Iowa, the young Sam Clemens was hired.  Located steps from the ''Enterprise'' offices, Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille, lifelong friends, shared a room at 25 North B St. in Virginia City.
+The paper was owned and operated by the Blake family in the 1890s through the 1920s.
+The paper went out of publication for a while and was revived by Helen Crawford Dorst in 1946 and was later purchased and revived by author, journalist, and railroad historian [[Lucius Beebe]] and his long-time companion and co-author [[Charles Clegg]] on 2 May 1952.<ref>Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News, Volume 98, No. 18 (Friday, May 2, 1952). It was priced at 15 cents a copy. The front page stories included the successful Virginia City Art Week, an article on the notables who would be writing for the paper, and a piece about Virginia City in the 1870s.</ref> Clegg and Beebe sold the ''Territorial Enterprise'' in 1961.<ref>"Territorial Enterprise Building," National Park Service Web site (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ter.htm), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref>
 [[File:Territorial Enterprise, 2010.JPG|thumb|right|''Territorial Enterprise'' building, Virginia City, NV]]
 == History ==
-[[Joseph T. Goodman]] was owner and editor of the ''Territorial Enterprise'' in the 1860s.  He was succeeded by [[William Sharon]] who hired [[Rollin Daggett]] as managing editor in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise |title= Territorial Enterprise |author= Ronald James|date=2009-03-20 |work= |publisher=The Online Nevada Encyclopedia |accessdate=2009-10-29 }}</ref> Charles Carroll Goodwin joined the staff in 1873, and was chief editor from 1875–80, before moving on to ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]''.
+[[Joseph T. Goodman]] was owner and editor of the ''Territorial Enterprise'' in the 1860s.  He was succeeded by [[William Sharon]] who hired [[Rollin Daggett]] as managing editor in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onlinenevada.org/territorial_enterprise |title= Territorial Enterprise |author= Ronald James|date=2009-03-20 |publisher=The Online Nevada Encyclopedia |access-date=2009-10-29 }}</ref> Charles Carroll Goodwin joined the staff in 1873, and was chief editor from 1875–1880, before moving on to ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]''.
 [[File:Composing table at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum.jpg|thumb|right|Composing table at the Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise'', Virginia City, NV]]
-== Film history ==
-In 1959 the [[NBC]] [[Western (genre)|western]] [[television series]] ''[[Bonanza]]'', set in Nevada, aired the episode "Enter Mark Twain", with [[Howard Duff]] in the role of the young author who comes to work at the Virginia City ''Territorial Enterprise''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bonanza episode guide: Season 1|url=http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/files/episode/season1.html|work=Bonanza: Scenery of the Ponderosa|accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref>
-The ''Territorial Enterprise'' also was prominently mentioned in the series ''State Trooper'', in a 1959 episode named "Silver Spiral".<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0709727/</ref>
 == Today ==
+As of 2016, Thomas and Deborah Hayward are now the current owners of the Territorial Enterprise buildings and Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
 Thomas Muzzio is president of the ''Territorial Enterprise'' Historical and Educational Foundation, which maintains a Web site dedicated to preserving the legacy of the ''Territorial Enterprise'' and the history of journalism in the West.<ref>"Mission Statement," ''Territorial Enterprise'' Historical and Educational Foundation Web site (http://www.territorial-enterprise.com/foundation/mission.html), Retrieved 9-23-2011.</ref>
 ===Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise''===
-[[File:Mark Twain's desk at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum, Virginia City, NV.jpg|thumb|left|Mark Twain's desk when he was editor of the ''Territorial Enterprise'']]
+[[File:Mark Twain's desk at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum, Virginia City, NV.jpg|thumb|right|Mark Twain's desk when he was editor of the ''Territorial Enterprise'']]
 The '''Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise''''', a separate entity from the above, operates a museum in the original ''Territorial Enterprise'' building in Virginia City, NV.  The museum features the original desk used by Mark Twain when he was editor of the paper.  Other exhibits include antique printing presses, an early Linotype machine, a proof press, stone composing tables (one of which Mark Twain and other employees of the paper used to sleep on), and various other antiques.<ref>"Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise''," VisitVirginiaCityNV Web site (http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/attractions_marktwain.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref><ref>"Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise''," Nevada Museums, Travel Nevada Web (http://museums.travelnevada.com/destination/mark-twain-museum-at-the-territorial-enterprise.aspx), Retrieved 9-24-2011.</ref>
-{{-}}
+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, Nevada|Reno]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnews.com/a9b3b378e45d4479a63c633f764a9c7c|title = Reno's 1872 time capsule includes California Gold Rush lore|website = [[Associated Press]]|date = 17 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Masonic_Lodge_time_capsule_opening-508499281.html|title = 1872 time capsule from Masonic Lodge opened in Reno| date=12 April 2019 }}</ref>
 == Notes ==
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 == References ==
-* {{cite book |last=Beebe |first=Lucius |authorlink=Lucius Beebe |title=Comstock Commotion: The Story of the Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News |year=1954 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, CA }}
+* {{cite book |last=Beebe |first=Lucius |author-link=Lucius Beebe |title=Comstock Commotion: The Story of the Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News |url=https://archive.org/details/comstockcommotio00beeb |url-access=registration |year=1954 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, CA }}
 ==External links==
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 *[http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/attractions/virginia-city-museums/list-of-museums.html#mktwainmuseum Mark Twain Museum at the ''Territorial Enterprise''] - Visit Virginia City, Nevada
 *{{HABS |survey=NV-15-9 |id=nv0052 |title=Mark Twain "Enterprise" Building, C Street, Virginia City, Storey County, NV |photos=1 |link=no}}
-*[http://dewey.library.unr.edu/xtf/view?docId=ead/NC169-ead.xml A Guide to the 	Enterprise Publishing Company records, NC169]. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
+*[https://unr.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UNR_INST/146dp7v/alma991010831619706781  Enterprise Publishing Company records. Enterprise Publishing Company (Virginia City, Nev.) creator. 1874-1911]. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
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-[[Category:Newspapers published in Nevada]]
+[[Category:Newspapers published in Virginia City]]
 [[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Nevada]]
 [[Category:History of Storey County, Nevada]]
-[[Category:Publications established in 1858]]
+[[Category:Newspapers established in 1858]]
 [[Category:Mark Twain]]
 [[Category:1858 establishments in Utah Territory]]

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