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Back Stories of Mark Twain's Friends at Dangberg Historic Park July 27 in Gardnerville
On Saturday, July 27, from 10:00-11:00 am, historian Bob Stewart will present “The Back Stories of Mark Twain's Friends”.
In August 1861 Sam Clemens and his brother arrived in Carson City, Nevada Territory. At that time there was no one in town that they had ever met. Sam's older brother Orion had been chosen by President Lincoln to be Secretary of the new Territory of Nevada. In the vernacular a carpet bagger, but with an important role to help the territory become a state. Brother Sam's adventures later described by him in the evergreen book Roughing It involved people Sam met in the territory, and the talk shares more about who those folks were.
Robert E. "Bob" Stewart has become the go-to guy for information on Sam Clemens and Mark Twain in the Nevada Territory. Stewart's interest in the territory began with research for his small volume on the mining camp of Aurora. He has given two talks at the Quadrennial Conferences of the Status of Mark Twain Studies in Elmira, New York.
Bob Stewart has been a newspaper reporter, press secretary and administrative assistant to Governor Mike O'Callaghan, spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, and for two years national spokesman for the agency in Washington, D.C.
This event is free for all to attend.
Please bring your own seating and no pets allowed – certified service animals only. Guests are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy as no food or beverages will be sold at these events. All events are held outdoors. For more information on these events, or on visiting Dangberg Historic Park, please visit Dangberg.org.