(April 4, 1838 โ March 20, 1891) was an American stage actor. He managed the California Theatre in San Francisco. He was born Lawrence Brannigan to Irish emigrant parents in Paterson, New Jersey. He made his first stage appearance at Detroit as Murad in The French Spy in 1853. In December 1856 he made his […]
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L. S. “Sandy” Bowers
Of Gold HillSome of the most profitable mining ground was never on the market. It belonged to a closed corporation, usually one man, and it was not for sale–like the twenty feet of L. S. “Sandy” Bowers in Gold Hill. It yielded a total of about one million dollars and gave him a good income, […]
Sam wants a benefactor
In his days in the Nevada Territory, Twainunderstood the lobbying process. In hisAutobiography, he describes how as a legislativecorrespondent for the Virginia City Enterprise, he was ableto help his brother, Orion: Orion was…very popular with the members of the legislature…He easily held the belt for honesty in that country but it didn’t do him any […]