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HDTsJourneyWest

  1. 1861-May-28 Thoreau & Mann cross the Mississippi River to visit Minneapolis & Lake Calhoun in the company of Dr. Charles L. Anderson about 19 hours ago via web
  2. 1861-May-27 Thoreau & Mann explore St. Anthony MN, including Nicollet Island & the University of Minnesota campus, where bur oaks thrive 3:40 AM May 27th via web
  3. 1861-May-26 HDT & HM arrive at St. Paul MN in the wee hours. They take a stagecoach in the rain to St. Anthony & stay at Tremont House 3:29 AM May 26th via web
  4. 1861-May-25 HDT & HM continue up the Mississippi River on the ITASCA. They enter Lake Pepin at 4 p.m. & are at Red Wing MN by 7:30 p.m. 3:29 AM May 25th via web
  5. 1861-May-24 Thoreau & Mann start up the Mississippi River on the steamboat ITASCA. By 5 p.m., they are docked at Prairie du Chien WI 3:30 AM May 24th via web
  6. 1861-May-23 HDT & HM take the train across northern Illinois, from Chicago to Dunleith. "Towns are as it were stations on a RR," HDT writes 3:20 AM May 23rd via web
  7. 1861-May-22 HDT & HM spend the day in Chicago. They see friends BB Wiley & William Hull Clarke; HDT meets ardent fan Rev. Robert Collyer 3:34 AM May 22nd via web
  8. 1861-May-21 HDT & HM ride the Michigan Central Railroad from Detroit to Chicago; HDT sees distant crab-apple trees & wonders what they are 3:13 AM May 21st via web
  9. 1861-May-20 Thoreau & Mann take the Great Western Canadian Railway across Canada West, from Niagara Falls to Windsor & a ferry to Detroit 4:28 AM May 20th via web
  10. 1861-May-19 HDT & HM are still at Niagara Falls; “This is quite a town … I imagine the falls will soon be surrounded by a city,” HDT writes 4:39 AM May 19th via web
  11. 1861-May-18 HDT & HM explore the terrain around Niagara Falls & Goat Island; HDT records circumferences of various trees in his notebook 3:39 AM May 18th via web
  12. 1861-May-17 HDT & HM visit the Canadian (English) side of Niagara to get the "completest view of Falls," as Henry writes in his notebook 5:11 AM May 17th via web
  13. 1861-May-16 Thoreau & Mann explore Goat Island; HDT writes that the Falls sound "as if I were surrounded by many factories in full blast" 3:08 AM May 16th via web
  14. 1861-May-15 HDT & HM ride the rails to Niagara Falls, where it is the opening day of tourist season; they check into the American House 4:00 AM May 15th via web
  15. 1861-May-14 Thoreau & Mann take the New York Central RR from Albany NY to the town of Suspension Bridge NY, just north of Niagara Falls 2:58 AM May 14th via web
  16. 1861-May-13 HDT & HM take the train from Worcester MA to Albany NY; a ferry deposits them at the Delavan House along the Hudson River 3:10 AM May 13th via web
  17. 1861-May-12 Thoreau & Mann ride around Worcester & Shrewsbury MA with H.G.O. Blake & Theo Brown, following the Lake Quinsigamond shoreline 2:54 AM May 12th via web
  18. 1861-May-11 HDT & HM ride the rails from Concord MA to Worcester MA, a two-hour trip, & stay at the home of either HGO Blake or Theo Brown 4:00 AM May 11th via web
  19. 1861-May-10 H. Thoreau & H. Mann attend a going-away dinner at the home of Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Letters of Ellen Tucker Emerson) 3:23 AM May 10th via web
  20. 1861-May-5 HDT writes, "Hear the seringo note." Probably means the song of the Savannah sparrow. "It is an earth-sound." (HDT Journal) 3:20 AM May 5th via web
  • Name Corinne H. Smith
  • Location From MA to MN & back
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  • Bio Henry David Thoreau & Horace Mann, Jr., traveled from Massachusetts to the American Midwest in 1861. Follow them & find out more info here!
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