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Mark Twain in California

Posted on May 25, 2011 by John Putnam

In 1861, with his brother Orion, Samuel Clemens set out for the west. They traveled by stagecoach across the prairie and the Rocky Mountains, visited Salt Lake City and then went on to the new silver mines around Virginia City, … Continue reading →

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