I was home again, in San Francisco, without means and without employmen

After a three months’ absence, I found myself in San Francisco again, without a cent.

Misery loves company.

"It was in this Sacramento Valley, just referred to, that a deal of the most lucrative of the early gold mining was

"San Francisco, a truly fascinating city to live in, is stately and handsome at a fair distance, but close at h

"Six months after my entry into journalism the grand “

"We arrived, disembarked, and the stage went on. It was a “wooden” town; its population two thousand souls.

Possibly the most difficult leg of their journey, through the arid lands of the Basin and Range Province of the American Southwest, the road from Salt Lake City to Carson City. The Clemens brothers took one week, from August 7th to the 14th. Richard Burton took nearly a month to complete the journey, from September 20 to October 19th of 1860. Their routes were essentially the same until the last portion. Burton took the southern route from Fairview to Carson. By the next year this route was closed due to problems with Indians. The Clemens brothers took what is referred to as the Stillwater Dogleg.

The route over the Rocky Mountains started from Fort Laramie, through South Pass and into Salt Lake City. Sam and Orion passed by Fort Laramie at night, from August 1 to August 5th. Richard Burton took 2 weeks to complete this leg of his journey, from August 14 to August 28.

From the Missouri River to the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains. The road ran through Kansas, Nebraska and into Wyoming. They passed Fort Kearney, Julesburg, also known as Overland City, to Fort Laramie. The Clemens brothers traveled this road between July 26 and August 1, 1861. Richard Burton, between August 7 and August 14, 1860.