Corning, NY

Corning: Crystal City, famous for its glass industry but it began with lumber rafting down the Chemung river. Named for Erastus Corning, a very wealthy financier, politician and land speculator who ran the Utica and Schenectady Railroad for twenty years.

North Shropshire

Established for the 1832 general election, North Shropshire has been continuously held by the Conservative Party for its entire existence.[n 4] However, the constituency was abolished in 1885 and re-created in 1983.

Seville, Spain

Sam and companions traveled to Seville by train October 19, 1867, arriving at midnight.
On October 22, they boarded a train for Cadiz.
Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

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