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Doesn’t Twain have a piece about a dog in the doorway of a bar on the main street in Carson?

(Not suggesting the dog be revived, but anything like this is likely enhanced if it includes a reason to visit a bar.)

A couple of Twain car trips starting in Carson could be suggested—out to Virginia City and also over the hill to Tahoe. Perhaps even the route down to Esmeralda. Or a car trip around the area from out by the prison into town, and around his haunts in Carson. 


The fan-fiction novelizations of Twain in the Carson area could be a point of interest for a presentation. I think there are three decent ones.  

Dennis Kelly



> On Apr 7, 2022, at 10:06 AM, McAvoy Layne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Good going, Bob...
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>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 9:59 AM Robert STEWART <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Carson City Nevada is discussing a "Mark Twain Weekend" for April 2023. If
>> you were to tour Carson City, what Mark Twain locations would you like to
>> see? The St. Charles Hotel, which he mentions in one article, and where he
>> doubtless attended one wedding; What is, very possibly, the remaining
>> portion of Mrs. Murphy's building where he stayed. The house his brother
>> built sometime after Sam introduced Mark Twain (Would you want to go inside
>> what is now a home, or just see the outside and yard?). Today's Masonic
>> Lodge, where under glass is the Tyler's entry from Sam's 1862 visit (The
>> building is the old Virginia and Truckee RR Station, post-dating Twain in
>> Nevada). Anything else? It is a bit of a walk up to the house, and from
>> there to the original home of Territorial Governor James W. Nye's so would
>> a walking tour be good for you, or a printed driving tour guide, or some
>> combination of these?.
>> Any thoughts on events they could hold for the public--lectures, readings,
>> Twain-writing-based plays?
>> I am just looking to give a little input to the planners.
>> 
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