1861: May 11-July 11: The Journey West to Minnesota and back.

Wednesday, July 10, 1861:  Thoreau and Mann spent enough time in Ogdensburgh, N.Y., to eat both lunch and dinner there.  They may very well have been hanging around to wait for the 4 a.m. express train to Boston.  Here is their path across northern New York state.

Northern (Ogdensburgh) Railroad
Ogdensburgh	4:00 a.m.
Madrid	4:38 a.m.
Potsdam	4:55 a.m.
Brasher Falls	5:18 a.m.
Lawrence	5:30 a.m.
Brush's Mills [Brushton]	5:47 a.m.
Malone	6:29 a.m.
Chateaugay	6:56 a.m.
Mooer's Forks	8:05 a.m.
Champlain	8:20 a.m.
Rouse's Point	8:30 a.m.
Alburgh, Vt.	8:53 a.m.

Times are based on the railroad schedule printed for July 1861.

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