On an empyreal spring evening in 1858, with the oleander in bloom upriver and early jasmine scenting the wind, the steersman for the Mississippi steamboat Pennsylvania, a bookish 22-year-old named Sam Clemens, guided the massive packet into the docks under the winking gaslights of New Orleans. As the Pennsylvania berthed, Clemens glanced to his side […]
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The TE moves
Upgrades buildings to a three story brick building on North C. Enlarged it’s format and introduced steam printing [MTIVC pg 80] Sam was sick with summer asthma, chronic for him – and had Clement T Rice speak in his place at the toasting of the new building. The Unreliable took advantage and ran an apology […]
Fire Company founded
Liberty Engine Company No. 1 founded as Silver Bar Hook & Ladder Company No.1 Of Gold Hill, Nevada Territory. In 1863, twenty-one charter members organized the first fire department at Gold Hill.