A great piece of work, Scott, & sure to be valuable. *_________________________________* *Peter Salwen / Pe <https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/peter-salwen>*ter Salwen Fine Arts <https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/peter-salwen> 114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371 On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 3:50 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I've become dissatisfied with the organization of this site, primarily > because I did not have a comprehensive plan when I started it. I had > thought to map out and discuss all the locations mentioned in Twain's > travel books. I immediately drifted away from that by starting out with > his North American tour, which is not found in any of his books other > than a brief mention in Following the Equator. > > Next, I was curious about all the places he didn't mention traveling > west in Roughing It. I went so far as to include a section on his > crossing "The Great American Desert". Twain's reference to this desert > is limited to the Forty Mile Desert, the remains of Lake Lahontan and > the Carson Sink but the region originally referred to much of the Basin > and Range province of western North America. Also, I've noted all the > Pony Express/Overland Stage stations he passed by and may have stopped > at however briefly. > > Anyway, to remedy my dissatisfaction I'm working on a time line of his > travels. I'd been relying a great deal on David Fears' Day by Day but > the on-line version can be difficult to use. It is sorely lacking in > indexing. What really prompted me, however, was working through the > index in Rasmussen's Critical Companion, trying to find all the > locations I'd overlooked so far. > > In the time line I've so far noted the dates of most of his journeys and > some of the brief stops he made. It does not have a link to the site as > yet but it is accessible at https://twainsgeography.com/simple-timeline > > Just thought I'd let you all know what I've been up to. >