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It would have been in spring 1893; after Muir went to Chicago World
Exposition and before he left for Europe in the final days of June.

--hb

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Robert E Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Were John Muir and Mark Twain ever in the same place at the same  time?
>
> Muir was close enough in age (2 1/2 years younger) for them to be
> contemporaries, but without going too deep into research, a parallel
>  review of a
> timeline of Twain, and the timeline for John Muir's life (as  given at:
>
> http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/john_muir_day_study_guide/biographical_
> timeline.aspx ),   suggests they did not ever cross trails.
>
> Bob Stewart
>



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