August 14 Wednesday – In New Whatcom, Wash., Sam’s notebook:
Aug. 14. Left the ladies there with Sam. Moffett, & Pond & I came on to / New Whatcom. Such a fearful hoarseness I could scarcely talk. We stopped at a fine hotel in Fairhaven, & went over in the trolley. Reception — the line stood, I moved along it.
August 13 Tuesday – The Clemens party traveled to Seattle, Wash., where they took rooms in The Rainier Hotel. From James B. Pond’s diary:
August 12 Monday – The Clemens party moved from Olympia to nearby Tacoma, Wash., and took rooms at the Tacoma Hotel. J.B. Pond’s diary for this date:
I had trouble in settling at the Opera House; the manager is a scamp. I expected trouble, and I had it.
August 11 Sunday – In Tacoma, Washington, another rest day for the Clemens party. These were on Sundays or strategically placed to give Livy time to recover from traveling. Whenever it was possible, Sam and J.B. Pond would travel fairly short distances without the ladies for a lecture in another town. This allowed the ladies to limit their travel fatigue.
August 10 Saturday – In the morning Sam and J.B. Pond left Portland to rejoin the ladies at the Olympia Hotel in Olympia, Wash.
The Sunday Oregonian of Aug. 11 reported on Sam’s leaving — he’d made quite a hit in the city:
MARK TWAIN TALKS
THE FAMOUS STORY-TELLER DISCUSSES CHARACTERS.
Says That No Author Creates, but Merely Copies
How to Write a Guide Book.
August 9 Friday – In Tacoma, Wash. Sam was shaved by the same barber (not named) who shaved him “19 years ago in Wash.[ington, D.C.]” [NB 35 TS 26].
August 8 Thursday – In Spokane, Wash., this was a rest and travel day late for the Clemens party — they would leave at midnight for Tacoma. From J.B. Pond’s diary:
We spent all day, August 8th, in Spokane. The hotel was full. The new receiver and his gay party are also spending the day here, but all leave just before the time set for the lecture.
August 7 Wednesday – Sam’s notebook in Spokane, Wash.:
See squaws prowling about back doors & windows begging & foraging — a nuisance once familiar to me [NB 35 TS 25].
From J.B. Pond’s diary:
August 6 Tuesday – In the morning in Missoula Mont., Sam watched the troops drill. Koelbel writes,
August 5 Monday – In the morning, the Clemens party traveled by train about 100 miles from Helena to Missoula, Mont. Sam’s notebook:
Left Helena for Missoula. Saw in Butte, Dixon & O’Bannon — 27 & 38 years. Helena, Judge Knowles and Tom Campbell — 28 & 32 years.
Beautiful dwellings, green grass & trees. & the gray brown mountains. In H & B saw relatives — 25 years. Fine valley & scenery [NB 35 TS 22].
The day’s events are also recorded in J.B. Pond’s diary: