Clemens had decided to make the trip with his brother who had newly been appointed as

Secretary of the Territory of Nevada because, as he explained later in life, he regarded himself quite a rich man from his earnings as a steamboat pilot for the previous couple of years and was paying his brother's passage for him. As

From here he traveled to Jackass Hill to stay with friends and while there recorded the folk lore or "tall tales" of the minors. One of these stories, he later turned into his article "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Having exhausted all his financial resources by 1865, Clemens had to take employment as the San Francisco correspondent of the "Enterprise." Within five months, he had managed to get out of debt and was ready for another change. This time his travels took him to the Sandwich Islands or Hawaii where he wrote letters for the "Sacramento Union." These letters were widely read and when he returned to California, Clemens found that he was famous. Being advised by his friend, Thomas McGuire to take advantage of this fame, Clemens broke into the lecture field, where he became a great

success. In 1866, Clemens left the West to return to New York and

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