Sam Clemens was born two months premature, thin and sickly. Haley’s comet appeared the night he was born – a sign his mother took as an omen of good fortune. His father was humorless, a chronically bad businessman. His mother loved to dance, loved music and telling tall tales. His sister and brother died as […]
Characters
Tom Maguire
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 […]
Sagebrush War
The Roop County War (Sagebrush War) On Sunday morning, February 15, 1863, the quiet of the town of Susanville was broken by the sound of gunfire as forces of Roop County Nevada and Plumas County California battled for control of the Honey Lake region. The stage had been set for this conflict two years earlier […]
