At the opening of the new hotel The Collins House, Sam was just one of the speakers: Colonel Collins, Tom Fitch, Rollin M. Daggett, Colonel Turner but the Evening Bulletin said that young Sam Clemens’ speech was the speech of the night. MTIVC pg 79 Those not familiar with this young man do not know […]
Rebel flags are raised and torn down in VC
Sam’s buddy, Johnny Newman raised a Rebel flag over his combination store – his business partner ripped it down. Sam is happy to comment that there are few shootings over politics in Nevada, unlike back east where there is a war over it. But in Nevada there are a great deal of bloody noses.
Battle of Gettysburg, PA
Turning point of the war, the southern invasion of the North retreats, they’re over-exposed – doomed to fail news of the Union capture of Vicksburg and the victory at Gettysburg came over the telegraph wire but the couldn’t print it because of the damned monopoly of the wire service to the California Paper that got […]
