Thomas Maguire was an established theatre manager who made his name in San Francisco. Known as the “Napoleon of Impresarios” Thomas Maguire was one of the best known and most influential theater entreprenuers on the west coast during the 1860s. Before moving to California in 1849, he had been a cab driver and saloonkeeper in […]
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Sam Clemens
Sam Clemens was born two months premature, thin and sickly. Haleyโs comet appeared the night he was born – a sign his mother took as an omen of good fortune.ย His father was humorless, a chronically bad businessman.ย His mother loved to dance, loved music and telling tall tales.ย His sister and brother died as […]
Orion Clemens
Orion Clemens was the first and only Secretary of Nevada Territory. He was very unqualified for the job. His little brother was Samuel Langhorne Clemens – Mark Twain. Orion purchased the Hannibal newspaper and tried to be a writer. Not as good as his little brother at writing, his jealousy drove Sam onto the Mississippi […]