seriously, moderators please lock this thread; boring is putting it mildly. It has been long while since I have actually considered NOT opening posts to the Twain-LIST! -ho ho ho, Hal B. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Jerry Vorpahl <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>