Download or read book Overland Mail to California in the 1850s written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brief history of mail service to California in the 19th century"-- PDF title page.
Download or read book The First Overland Mail written by Robert Eugene Pinkerton and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of John Butterfield's line of stagecoaches that took passengers and mail across our continent "on the swiftest journey horses have ever provided." Little remembered today, Butterfield's "Overland Mail" turned many a track over the territory between St. Louis and California in the 1850's. Here are the men--Butterfield, his son, and their helpers--and their problems.
Download or read book The Overland Stage to California written by Frank Albert Root and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most valuable narratives of the overland stage. As the agent of the postal department, Root oversaw the transportation of the mail over the great stage line ... The narrative is packed with anecdotes and details and is abundantly illustrated"--Bookdealer's description.
Download or read book The Butterfield Overland Mail written by Waterman L. Ormsby and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the classic firsthand account by Waterman L. Ormsby, a reporter who in 1858 crossed the western states as the sole through passenger of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage on its first trip from St. Louis to San Francisco. Ormsby’s reports, which soon appeared in the New York Herald, are lively and exciting. He describes the journey in close detail, giving full accounts of the accommodations, the other passengers, the country through which they passed, the dangers to which they were exposed, and the constant necessity for speed. “A most interesting account of the first westbound trip of an overland mail stage.”—Southern California Historical Society Quarterly “The best narrative of the trip and one of the best accounts of western travel by stage.”—Pacific Historical Review “If other travelers had been as careful and observant as Ormsby we should know vastly more about our country and the ways of our fathers than we do...The book is fascinating. It will prove interesting to all who care for travelogues, the history of the West, and particularly to those interested in our economic history.”—Journal of Economic History
Download or read book The Overland Mail 1849 1869 written by Le Roy Reuben Hafen and published by Cleveland, Arthur H. Clark Company. This book was released on 1926 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Overland Mail written by Robert E. Pinkerton and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1953, this book tells the story of John Butterfield, a mid-19th Century stagecoach and freight line operator and his line of stagecoaches, which took passengers and mail across the U.S. in the 1850s. Born on a farm in Berne, New York in 1801, Butterfield grew up on a farm and was mostly self-educated. At the age of 19, he became a professional stage driver. He was always interested in transportation, becoming involved in the livery business, establishing stage routes throughout New York. He also gained experience with steamboats, railroads, and local plank-roads. As a skilled businessman, he soon controlled most of the stage lines west of New York, and in 1849 he formed the companies that became American Express and Wells-Fargo, as well as the Butterfield Overland Stage Company. In 1857, American Express won the government contract for the first transcontinental stage line, carrying the mail from Missouri to California for $600,000 per year—the largest mail contract that had ever been awarded. Thus, Butterfield became president of the Overland Mail Company. Covering an exciting period in American history, this story of bravery and adventure will appeal to readers of all ages!
Download or read book Ho for California written by Sandra L. Myres and published by Huntington Library Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five diaries presented here reflect the experiences of five different women, on three of the major westward routes in the middle of the nineteenth century—across Panama in 1849, the California or northern route in the 1850s, and the Gila or southern trail in the post-Civil War period. As individual as the women who wrote them, the diaries are alike in one respect: they explode the stereotype of the westering woman. The reader will find neither the sunbonnet saint, striding grimly forward undaunted by the dangers ahead, nor the timorous and reluctant voyager living in dread of Indians and wild beasts. The self-perceptions of these women are as varied as those of male writers, as these diaries vividly illustrate. Women's diaries are comparatively rare, and this book includes five of unusual interest. They reveal yet another aspect of America's frontier saga.
Download or read book The Butterfield Overland Mail Route Through Northern California 1858 1861 written by Kirby Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Butterfield Overland Mail written by Waterman Lilly Ormsby and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statement of Facts Connected with the First Overland Mail Service to California and a Brief History of the Chorpenning Claim written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overland Mail Route to California Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of California Asking for an Overland Mail Route from the Mississippi River to that State February 24 1860 Read Twice Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Overland Mail written by Walter Barnes Lang and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overland to California in 1850 written by Calvin Taylor and published by . This book was released on with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overland Journey to California Journal of James Bennett Whose Party Left New Harmony in 1850 and Crossed the Plains and Mountains Until the Golden West was Reached written by James 1812 or 13-1869 Bennett and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Mail Service Settlement of the Country and the Indian Depredations written by Henry H. Clifford and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile of the report about George Chorpenning and his partner who attempted to supply mail service overland between California and Salt Lake City. This detailed the difficulties of the mountain route and the depredations of the Indians on the mail carriers. The Government annulled its contract with Chorpenning, causing him to lose his expenses for improvements to the routes. With map.
Download or read book The First Overland Mail Bag for California written by Thomas S. Bayley and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscence of trip in 1848 by Bayley, then age 14, his three brothers, and his father. They traveled by wagon train from Mississippi to Oregon.
Download or read book The Overland Mail 1849 1869 written by LeRoy Reuben Hafen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the development of the American West, no two decades were so full of romance and change as the years from the California gold rush of 1849 to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. In two decades, the West was conquered and the secession movement rose and fell. From slow ox-team and prairie schooner to the dashing Pony Express, the overland mail service mirrored these monumental strides. Originally published in 1926, The Overland Mail was the first scholarly work to examine the impact of the postal service on the expansion of the West as the service evolved from a private endeavor to a government-contracted business. LeRoy R. Hafen details how the mail service tied West to East, influenced politics and economics, promoted use of the overland trails, aided in settlement, and helped usher in the railroads. This classic work is here available in paperback for the first time. In a new foreword, David Dary assesses Hafen’s contributions as a writer and historian.
