Places

Places Lists

• Mentioned places in Holmes and Fears

Places

Individual Place Pages

Page template & field schema — Twain's Geographies

Place Page — Field Summary
Identification
Place Name	Full Location Place Description (from Holmes)
Geography
Geographic Data	Geofield coordinates
Classification
Site Category	1+ of 50 controlled terms grouped into 8 types
Provenance
Source	twainsgeography.com
Navigation
Alphabetical Index	Complete list Cross-referenced

Overview

Each Individual Place Page documents a single location mentioned in Holmes's writing, standardized into a consistent schema so that places can be searched, mapped, and cross-referenced across the Twain's Geographies project. Every page is built from five core components, described below.

1. Place Name

The identifying header for the page, giving readers immediate context for where the place is and what Holmes said about it.

Full Location	Place name, city or town, state or country — e.g. "Mono Lake, Mono County, California".
Place Description	Descriptive text taken verbatim as it appears in Holmes, preserving his original wording and spelling.

2. Geographic Data

Geofield Coordinates	Latitude / longitude values used to plot the place on the project's interactive map.

3. Site Category

Every place is tagged with one or more categories describing what kind of site it is. The controlled vocabulary of 50 terms is organized below into eight types, grouping related kinds of sites together for easier browsing.

Settlements & Administrative Divisions (10)

• Big City
• Borough
• Community
• District
• Ghost Town
• Historic District
• Neighborhood
• Settlement
• Small Town
• Village

Civic & Institutional Buildings (7)

• City Hall
• College
• Court House
• Institute
• Library
• Official Residence
• Town Hall

Lodging & Hospitality (4)

• Hotel
• House
• Resort
• Road House

Assembly, Entertainment & Cultural Venues (9)

• Church
• Club House
• Concert Hall
• Exhibition Hall
• Lecture Hall
• Meeting Hall
• Opera House
• Theater
• Venue

Residences & Estates (4)

• Estate
• Mansion
• Palace
• Plantation

Natural & Geographic Features (9)

• Island
• Isle
• Lake
• Marine Channel
• Mountain
• Park
• Slough
• Valley
• Volcano

Military & Transportation Sites (4)

• Depot
• Fortress
• Military
• Pony Express Station

Memorials & Landmarks (2)

• Cemetery
• Landmark

General (1)

• Building

4. Source

All place data originates from Twain's Geographies (twainsgeography.com), the authoritative dataset underlying this project.

5. Alphabetical Index

Two companion indexes support navigation across all place pages:

Complete List

Every place mentioned in Holmes, listed alphabetically from A to Z, linking out to its individual page.

Cross-Referenced Index

The same list of places, cross-referenced by category, region, and related sites to support browsing by theme rather than name.

Note: Place Description text should be transcribed exactly as written by Holmes, including archaic spelling or place names that differ from modern usage. Site Category tags may be applied in combination (e.g. a location can be both Village and Historic District).

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Individual Place Pages template — Twain's Geographies data source. Site category vocabulary: 50 terms in 8 types.