This has been the longest, most boring diatribe about a hardly significant
matter that I can recall on this Forum.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:26 AM, David Antonucci <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> Robert Stewart is either confused, or seeks to confuse; I am not sure
> which=
> .
> Stewart responded privately and directly to me with this email message
> on December 7, 2014.
> I will not bother the Forum with this matter. I know you read my
> emails because the forum posts come via the sender's name. Thank you
> for the endorsement, David. As was pointed out to me by others after
> reading your post, "down the shore" clearly does not apply to the
> north shore. You may argue all night that :down: means downhill, but
> this line in an 1861 letter specifies "shore." and "side," not "end"
> of the lake. A personal letter is not a reminiscence years later, but
> a statement made at the time.
> This off-forum email message sought to rebut my MTF comment of
> December 3 pointing out the problems with his scenario that assumed an
> SLC visit at a house at Glenbrook on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe
> during his 1861 timber claim search. You can view my original post at
> https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3Dind1412&L=3Dtwain-l&T=3D0&P=3D59
> Inasmuch as Stewart=E2=80=99s December 7 message does not directly address
> =
> the
> issues raised in my original post, I have no further words about it.
> On December 12, Stewart posted on the MTF about my clarification and
> additional relevant facts about the Nevada Board of Geographical Names
> hearing that rejected the cove naming. He stated that this was in
> response to the above-quoted email message about the assumed visit at
> the house. However, this email massage has nothing to do with the cove
> naming issue.
> Certainly, many of you are surely tired of this back and forth over
> the seemingly minor issue of the location of the SLC campsite at Lake
> Tahoe. I will continue to respond to Robert Stewart=E2=80=99s posts that
> attempt to convince MTF subscribers to believe his campsite theory, or
> seek to disparage content in my book, Fairest Picture =E2=80=93 Mark Twain
> =
> at
> Lake Tahoe.
> David C. Antonucci
>