Editor of the Washoe Times Judge Goodwin was also an editor of the Enterprise in the 1870s. Charles Carroll Goodwin was born on April 4, 1832 near Rochester, New York. In 1852, he travelled west and settled in Marysville, California where he operated a sawmill, taught school, and studied law with his brother Jesse. He […]
Sue Robinson
When Sue Robinson appeared at Maguire’s Opera House, she wasa favorite of both fire companies so she wore the colors of each on alternate nights, and both companies strove to outdo each other in size of silver bricks presented to her for singing “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” Sue Robinson or Sue Robinson Getzler was […]
Sam Tends Toward Socialism
The Mark Twain they didn’t teach us about in school by Helen Scott From International Socialist Review 10, Winter 2000, pp.61-65. The Mark Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children’s author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his personal […]
