In 1861, with the on-set of the Civil War, Sam Clemens gave up his profession as a Mississippi Riverboat Pilot and headed west. His brother, Orion, had been appointed Secretary of the Territory of Nevada by Abraham Lincoln. Sam paid for the journey on the Overland Stage, the same route as used by the Pony Express. Richard F. Burton, in his quest to visit religious centers, decided to see Salt Lake City. He took the same route in 1860. This publication borrows from their respective narratives, Mark Twain's "Roughing It" and Burton's "The City of the Saints".