America’s Last Emperor: Cora and Casey

Chapter Fifteen

Fort Gunnybags, courtesy of OpenSFHistory

May 14th, 1856

Norton found his life without an office to go to rather unfocused. He continued his twice daily constitutionals but now paid no attention to the time it took him to make his rounds. He had no set path, but made his way from Meigg’s Wharf to the site of his Genesee Warehouse much in the same way he did when he owned the warehouse.