Which Nevada newspaper hired Samuel Clemens as a reporter?

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Samuel Clemens, who later became famous as Mark Twain, was hired as a reporter by the Virginia City newspaper known as the Territorial Enterprise.1

After arriving in the Nevada Territory, Clemens initially struggled to find steady work. However, his submitted letters to the Territorial Enterprise caught the attention of the editor, Joseph Goodman, who subsequently offered him a salaried position. It was during his time with the paper that he first began using the pen name "Mark Twain" while covering the legislative session in Carson City in 1863.12