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Author : Kirby Sanders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982051405
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Drivers Guide to the Butterfield Overland Mail Route written by Kirby Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Waterman L. Ormsby
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789125588
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
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 241 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
Author : Glen Sample Ely
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806154640
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861 written by Glen Sample Ely and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the antebellum frontier in Texas, from the Red River to El Paso, a raw and primitive country punctuated by chaos, lawlessness, and violence. During this time, the federal government and the State of Texas often worked at cross-purposes, their confused and contradictory policies leaving settlers on their own to deal with vigilantes, lynchings, raiding American Indians, and Anglo-American outlaws. Before the Civil War, the Texas frontier was a sectional transition zone where southern ideology clashed with western perspectives and where diverse cultures with differing worldviews collided. This is also the tale of the Butterfield Overland Mail, which carried passengers and mail west from St. Louis to San Francisco through Texas. While it operated, the transcontinental mail line intersected and influenced much of the region's frontier history. Through meticulous research, including visits to all the sites he describes, Glen Sample Ely uncovers the fascinating story of the Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas. Until the U.S. Army and Butterfield built West Texas’s infrastructure, the region’s primitive transportation network hampered its development. As Ely shows, the Overland Mail Company and the army jump-started growth, serving together as both the economic engine and the advance agent for European American settlement. Used by soldiers, emigrants, freighters, and stagecoaches, the Overland Mail Road was the nineteenth-century equivalent of the modern interstate highway system, stimulating passenger traffic, commercial freighting, and business. Although most of the action takes place within the Lone Star State, this is in many respects an American tale. The same concerns that challenged frontier residents confronted citizens across the country. Written in an engaging style that transports readers to the rowdy frontier and the bustle of the overland road, The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail offers a rare view of Texas’s antebellum past.
Author : Mike Flanagan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028629452
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (294 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Old West written by Mike Flanagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little known lore about pioneers, easy to understand explanations of land agreements, fascinating adventures of Native Americans, and photos the people of the ole West.
Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426208898
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States written by National Geographic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers tips from parks staff; suggests trails for biking, hiking, and flower gazing; with photographs and maps.
Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426218850
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Guide to State Parks of the United States written by National Geographic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 950 parks are included in this guidebook of State Parks of the United States.
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Publisher : US History Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1603540059
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book California a Guide to the Golden State... written by and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1947 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oklahoma Geological Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Guide Book written by Oklahoma Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Massey
Publisher : Adler Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1930193262
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Backcountry Adventures Southern California written by Peter Massey and published by Adler Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully crafted, high quality, sewn, 4 color guidebook. Part of a multiple book series of books on travel through America's beautiful and historic backcountry. Directions and maps to 2,970 miles of routes that travel through the beautiful mountain regions of Big Sur, across the arid Mojave Desert, and straight into the heart of the aptly named Death Valley. Trail history comes alive through the accounts of Spanish Missionaries; eager prospectors looking to cash in during California's gold rush; and legends of lost mines. Includes wildlife information and photographs to help readers identify the great variety of native birds, plants, and animal they are likely to see. Contains 153 trails, 640 pages, and 645 photos.
Author : Melody Groves
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625850379
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Butterfield's Byway written by Melody Groves and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2,800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach line would roll from St. Louis to San Francisco. Former Utica, New York mayor Butterfield hired one thousand men and bought 1,200 horses, 600 mules and 250 wagons. Surveying the wilderness, he built roads and two hundred way stations, graded river fords and dug one hundred wells. Join author Melody Groves on a cross-country trip from Missouri to California, and all points in between, as she recounts the Butterfield Stage Line's amazing odyssey.
Author : Walter Barnes Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The First Overland Mail, Butterfield Trail ... written by Walter Barnes Lang and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa Waterman Gray
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581578776
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Explorer's Guide Kansas written by Lisa Waterman Gray and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Explorer’s Guides, expert authors and helpful icons make it easy to locate places of extra value, family-friendly activities, and excellent restaurants and lodgings. Regional and city maps help you get around and What’s Where provides a quick reference on everything from tourist attractions to off-the-beaten-track sites. Along with Amish farms, rolling countryside, and interesting history, Kansas offers rodeos, powwows, pancake races, Renaissance fairs, and spinach festivals. Kansas is known for wheat, cattle, and wide-open spaces, but it also has day spas, boutique hotels, museums, concerts, and vital urban scenes. There’s a lot to see and do here; with an insider guiding you, you can expect extras, like a detailed look at the exciting cultural centers of eastern Kansas, with their fine restaurants, nightlife, and art. There really is no place like Kansas!
Author : National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426202513
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)
Download or read book National Geographic Guide to the State Parks of the United States written by National Geographic Society (U.S.) and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers tips from parks staff; suggests trails for biking, hiking, and flower gazing; with photographs and maps.
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595342044
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The WPA Guide to California written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The guide to California stands out among the rest of the WPA guides for the quality of its writing, photographs, and pen-and-ink drawings. The Golden State contains much diversity of people, places, and things, and the WPA Guide expertly reflects and records the eclectic quality of this quintessentially American state. Published in 1939, the guide’s essays on history cover everything from the gold rush to the movie industry at the nascence of Hollywood’s golden age, and its back-road tours through California's coastal fishing villages and mountain mining towns still provide a splendid alternative to freeways.
Author : Kevin Waite
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469663201
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book West of Slavery written by Kevin Waite and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When American slaveholders looked west in the mid-nineteenth century, they saw an empire unfolding before them. They pursued that vision through diplomacy, migration, and armed conquest. By the late 1850s, slaveholders and their allies had transformed the southwestern quarter of the nation – California, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Utah – into a political client of the plantation states. Across this vast swath of the map, white southerners defended the institution of African American chattel slavery as well as systems of Native American bondage. This surprising history uncovers the Old South in unexpected places, far beyond the region's cotton fields and sugar plantations. Slaveholders' western ambitions culminated in a coast-to-coast crisis of the Union. By 1861, the rebellion in the South inspired a series of separatist movements in the Far West. Even after the collapse of the Confederacy, the threads connecting South and West held, undermining the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognized but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage.
Author : Waterman Lilly Ormsby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Butterfield overland mail, only through passenger on the first westbound stage written by Waterman Lilly Ormsby and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ted T. Cable
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700624147
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Driving across Kansas written by Ted T. Cable and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his introduction to Dan Dancer’s The Four Seasons of Kansas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reflects upon the Great Kansas Passage of those who race their cars westward across Interstate 70 without trying to understand the truth of the place. Ted Cable and Wayne Maley come to the rescue of those travelers with a new guide that will expand and enrich their understanding of a state whose history, in Heat-Moon’s words, is “a tumbling of guns, torches, hatchets, and knives.” Guided by Cable and Maley, the historical landscapes of I-70 come back to life, recalling landmarks and legacies relating to pioneer movements and Indian dispossession, army outposts and great bison hunts, cowboys and cattle trails, the struggles over slavery and women’s rights, and the emergence of major wheat, beef, oil, and water industries. Their guide parcels out information, mile-marker by mile-marker (in boldface), in a way that’s equally accessible to westbound and eastbound users alike. In this second edition the authors have updated the information throughout, including new sites and new stories. Driving across Kansas, 2nd edition will reward the observant traveler with a treasure trove of details sure to increase his or her appreciation for the great Sunflower State.
