Sandusky has not come up in any of my Twain mapping: http://twainsgeography.com/gazetteer On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 21:53 +0000, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI wrote: > The nyc library has a journal that was kept by one of them on that > trip i have looked at that jounal twice, but it has been years since > i have seen it, i do not tecall seeing sandusky in the travel dates. > > Jules a 50 year twain scholar ,:) ms in twain studies > > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > ________________________________ > From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Philip Bauer < > [log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:23:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: The Prettiest furniture > > Hey Scott, I am a newer Mark Twain scholar. When I give talks, I > talk > about how close Twain got to Sandusky OH where I live. In his 1869 > lecture tour, he probably criss-crossed here. > He spoke in Cleveland and then went to Toledo and then back to > Norwalk > (about 10 miles south of Sandusky). Do you happen to know his route? > There was the Lake Shore Electric Railroad that went between Toledo > and > Cleveland with Sandusky mid-line and Norwalk on another trunk. Can > you > possibly confirm that he took the Lake Shore Electric? Thanks, > Phil > > > > > > On 4/16/2020 1:22 PM, scott wrote: > > Sam wrote Livy from Toledo, while on the Twain-Cable tour, about > > the > > prettiest furniture he'd seen in a hotel. I believe I have > > determined > > that the hotel was The Hibbard House in Jackson, MI. Ironically, > > it > > was a replacement for this hotel that was awarded an historical > > building status, The Otsego Hotel. I mention this for those > > interested > > in Twain landmarks.