Mount Davidson (Nevada)

Mount Davidson is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both Storey County, Nevada, and the Virginia Range. The mountain forms a backdrop for the mining boomtown of Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike.

Mount Davidson was named after Donald Davidson, a geologist.

Mark Twain mentions a flag on Mount Davidson in his semi-autobiographical book Roughing It. As of 2003 the flagpole was still standing.

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