# Baldy Johnson — Roughing It character guide

> Baldy Johnson in Roughing It by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Johnson, Presently Johnson

**First appearance:** 0001-roughing-it

## Who they are

A miner and acquaintance in the camps.

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/xv)

Johnson is the Gentile who tells the exaggerated and humorous stories about Brigham Young's household.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/xxvi)

Referenced in the story of the widow Brewster, whose husband was killed at Baldy Johnson's wake.

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