You are correct, Rothenberger. Samuel Clemens came to the Nevada Territory at the invitation of his brother, Orion Clemens, who was Secretary of the Territory at the time.

Sam Clemens first used the pen name of Mark Twain while working at the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City. His embellishment of the news seems to have gotten him in trouble with the subject of one of his articles. Rather than face off in a duel, he left Nevada for California. 

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