Historical figures in Virginia City
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1862 to 1935. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Thomas Edison and Pearl S. Buck. Among them Writers, Business Leaders and Engineers and Inventors, across the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Mark Twain
from 1862 to 1866
3 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Pearl S. Buck
in 1935
1 moment here
American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…
Thomas Edison
in 1878
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Moments
- 1862 Becomes a Virginia City reporter Mark Twain
- 1863 Stays at Steamboat Springs Mark Twain
- 1866 Lectures in Washoe City Mark Twain
- 1878 Inspects mines at Virginia City Thomas Edison
- 1935 Divorce and remarriage in Reno Pearl S. Buck