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 >