If anyone has visited this site in a while you will probably notice a change. For several years it has been running on a cpanel site that favors Wordpress over Drupal. I've finally been able to port it to Upsun. Also, the Drupal version has been kicked up a couple of notches. Granted I've been spending most of my computer time on Twain's Geography and not this "vanity" site.

I've also just self-published a book derived from my work on Twain's Geography, Overland Trail: 1860-1861.  It is a compilation of the observations of Richard F. Burton and of Mark Twain as they rode across North America in a stagecoach along the Overland Trail.  The same trail as used by the Pony Express.