Otsego Hotel opened in April 1904 on the previous site of the Hibbard House, which was built in 1865 and razed in 1901 after its manager, Henry Haden, died.

As Jackson began to grow as a railroad mecca in the mid-1860s, hotels began to spring up near the now historic depot the trains arrived to and departed from.

One of them - perhaps the most elegant of its time - was the Hibbard House, a four-story structure built in 1865 by Jackson businessman and stagecoach tycoon Daniel Hibbard at what's now the corner of E. Michigan Ave. and Francis Street.

The Morton House, a multi-storied hotel at the corner of Monroe and Ionia, has shops at street level, all with their awnings unfurled. At the corner the awning of White & White Druggists advertises that they are open all night, sell surgical instruments as well as soda water and Key West imported cigars. A large blackboard on the side of the building possibly lists items for sale. Horses and carriages line Ionia Ave. Most of the hotel's windows have individual awnings, and the top floor shows three wrought iron balconies with awnings over them.

A steam locomotive is emerging from between the two towers of a Romanesque revival style railroad station. Men and women and a stage coach are on the road at the right. Trees are at the far right. A large house is behind a fence on a grassy bank in the left background.

Artist is unknown. The painting shows the first Union Station, erected in 1843. It is on the same site as the present (2014) building, erected in 1889.

An interview in Winnipeg provides an example of the issue of traveling on the Sabbath. a recurring problem in Twain's travels  This is the subject of Mark Twain and Sunday Streetcars: An Interview in Winnipeg by Taylor Roberts.  The interviewer was Marie Jousaye for the Toronto Globe, 10 August 1895 and is included in Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews.

January 5 & 6, 1885 Leiderkranz Hall 

Interviewed 5 January 1885 "A Great Humorist," Louisville Post 5 January 1885, p1  

Included in "Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews" (#31) The Galt House: Built in 1835 at the corner of Second and Main on the Louisville waterfront.