His tour made him great money and he felt ready to come East. Aboard the America. He arranged with John McComb’s Alta California to be that paper’s roving correspondent. MT&OC pg 115 He didn’t make a fortune like the premonition in NOLA said, but he accomplished Orion’s dream with success.
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Orion and Mollie separate
Orion goes to Meadow Lake, Summit City in the Excelsior District high in the Sierra mountains for the whole summer and Mollie travels by herself touring California or home to Iowa, whichever she chooses. MT&OC pg 110 clearly their relationship is extremely strained. in 1862 he wouldn’t hear of her coming by coach across the […]
Israel Friedman travels through NV
Lithuanian Jew member of Yiddish Theatre of NYC, traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California. Forrest was paid $10,000 by Theatre manager Thomas Maguire to star as Othello in traveling shows, but Forrest was a ‘tyrant of the stage’ and young John McCullough had to cover for him when he was too […]