10 Facts About Dan DeQuille

William Wright, better known by the pen name Dan DeQuille or Dan De Quille, was an American author, journalist, and humorist.

Dan DeQuille was best known for his written accounts of the people, events, and silver mining operations on the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada, including his non-fiction book History of the Big Bonanza .

Dan DeQuille was on the staff of the Territorial Enterprise for over thirty years, and his writings were printed in other publications throughout the country and abroad.

Dan DeQuille set to work on the book, collecting data, illustrations, and sketches to be included.

Under Twain's mentorship during the summer of 1875, Dan DeQuille pieced together a sizable volume which contained a mixture of technical chapters on silver mining interspersed with lighter accounts of Nevada events and individuals, including the Northern Paiute group of Native Americans living in the vicinity.

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Twain helped Dan DeQuille negotiate a favorable contract with his own publisher and Dan DeQuille returned to Virginia City late that summer.

Dan DeQuille did not achieve the financial independence he had anticipated and would continue in his position at the Enterprise for another seventeen years.

Dan DeQuille remained a prolific writer providing articles for publication on both coasts, contributing a portion to Myron Angel's History of Nevada, and writing the article on Nevada for the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica in 1884.

Dan DeQuille remained in Virginia City for a few more years working as a correspondent for a newspaper in Utah and as a contributor to publications on both coasts.

In 1950 Dan DeQuille was represented in an anthology of Western Americana entitled Comstock Bonanza, collected and edited by Duncan Emrich and published by Vanguard.