Express And Stagecoach Days In California

Download Express And Stagecoach Days In California full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Express And Stagecoach Days In California ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Stagecoach

Author : Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074322762X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Stagecoach by : Philip L. Fradkin

Download or read book Stagecoach written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping in scope, as revealing of an era as it is of a company, Stagecoach is the epic story of Wells Fargo and the American West, by award-winning writer Philip L. Fradkin. The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore: the California Gold Rush, the Pony Express, the transcontinental railroad, the Civil and Indian Wars. From the Great Plains to the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, the company's operations embraced almost all social, cultural, and economic activities west of the Mississippi, following one of the greatest migrations in American history. Fortune seekers arriving in California after the discovery of gold in 1849 couldn't bring the necessities of home with them. So Wells Fargo express offices began providing basic services such as the exchange of gold dust for coin, short-term deposits and loans, and reliable delivery and receipt of letters, money, and goods to and from distant places. As its reputation for speed and dependability grew, the sight of a red-and-yellow Wells Fargo stagecoach racing across the prairie came to symbolize not only safe passage but faith in a nation's progress. In fact, for a time Wells Fargo was the most powerful and widespread institution in the American West, even surpassing the presence of the federal government. Stagecoach is a fascinating and rare combination of Western and business history. Along with its colorful association with the frontier -- Wyatt Earp, Black Bart, Buffalo Bill -- readers will discover that swiftness, security, and connectivity have been constants in Wells Fargo's history, and that these themes remain just as important today, 150 years later.

Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King

Author : J. V. Frederick
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803268685
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (686 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King by : J. V. Frederick

Download or read book Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King written by J. V. Frederick and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1989-04-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The red and black Concord stagecoaches that crossed the West in the 1860s, known to the Indians as "fire boxes," have been celebrated in Mark Twain's fiction and JohnøFord's films. Predating the transcontinental railroads, they provided vital lines of communication to the East during the Civil War and opened to development the newly settled regions beyond the Missouri River. From 1862 to 1866 Ben Holladay owned and operated a network of stagecoach lines from Kansas to California, the main one following the central mail route between Atchison and Salt Lake City established by the U.S. government in 1848, and other lines branching into the mining country of California and Montana and Idaho territories. In spite of bad weather, primitive roads, holdups by highwaymen, and trouble with Indians, Holladay's coaches delivered passengers and mail on schedule. J. V. Frederick describes in fascinating detail the organization and operation of a vast transportation empire ruled by a man with executive genius and a gambler's instincts. Although Holladay forbade drinking and profanity on the job, he commanded the loyalty of his drivers, whom he dressed in broad-brimmed sombreros, corduroys trimmed with velvet, and high-heeled boots. He sold out just before the Union Pacific Railroad was completed and until his death in 1887 remained popular with Americans, who named racehorses and cigars after him.

A Golden State

Author : Marlene Smith-Baranzini
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520217706
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (177 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Golden State by : Marlene Smith-Baranzini

Download or read book A Golden State written by Marlene Smith-Baranzini and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on mining and economic development in California from the Gold Rush through the end of the 19th century. This is the second in a series of four volumes comemmorating the state's sesquicentennial.

California

Author : Andrew Rolle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118701143
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis California by : Andrew Rolle

Download or read book California written by Andrew Rolle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth edition of California: A History covers the entire scope of the history of the Golden State, from before first contact with Europeans through the present; an accessible and compelling narrative that comprises the stories of the many diverse peoples who have called, and currently do call, California home. Explores the latest developments relating to California’s immigration, energy, environment, and transportation concerns Features concise chapters and a narrative approach along with numerous maps, photographs, and new graphic features to facilitate student comprehension Offers illuminating insights into the significant events and people that shaped the lengthy and complex history of a state that has become synonymous with the American dream Includes discussion of recent – and uniquely Californian – social trends connecting Hollywood, social media, and Silicon Valley – and most recently "Silicon Beach"

Taming the Elephant

Author : John F. Burns
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520936485
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Taming the Elephant by : John F. Burns

Download or read book Taming the Elephant written by John F. Burns and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taming the Elephant is the last of four volumes in the distinguished California History Sesquicentennial Series, an outstanding compilation of original essays by leading historians and writers. These topical, interrelated volumes reexamine the meaning of the founding of modern California during the state's pioneer period. General themes run through all four volumes: the interplay of traditional cultures and frontier innovation in the creation of a distinctive California society; the dynamic interaction of people and nature and the beginnings of massive environmental change; the impact of the California experience on the nation and the world; the influence of pioneer patterns on modern California; and the legacy of ethnic and cultural diversity as a major influence on the state's history. This fourth volume treats the role of post–Gold Rush California government, politics, and law in the building of a dynamic state, with influences that persist today. Provocative essays investigate the creation of constitutional foundations, law and jurisprudence, the formation of government agencies, and the development of public policy. Authors chart the roles played by diverse groups—criminals and peace officers, entrepreneurs and miners, farmers and public officials, defenders of discrimination and female and African American activists. The essays also explore subjects largely overlooked in the past, such as the significance of local and federal government in pioneer California and early struggles to secure civil rights for women and racial minorities.

The Old Oregon Country

Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803252189
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (521 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Old Oregon Country by : Oscar Osburn Winther

Download or read book The Old Oregon Country written by Oscar Osburn Winther and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1950-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Northwest, the old Oregon country, was one of the most remote and inaccessible frontier areas, but it was also known to be rich in natural resources. The opening up of this region is a story of courage, endurance, and pioneer enterprise. Transportation in this rugged country was a problem to the settlers who would promote commerce and travel, just as it was a problem to the earlier fur traders. The construction of roads and development of water routes progressed through the years until the railroad finally came to the Northwest, but at no time did the scarcity of roads prevent settlers from pushing back the frontier. Here the whole story of travel and travelers in this region is told for the first time. The book is based largely on primary sources and, as such, is a contribution to history. As an account of courage and ingenuity, transportation monopoly against transportation monopoly, and man versus nature, it is fascinating reading. University Professor of History at Indiana University, O. O. Winther is the author of Express and Stagecoach Days in California and Via Western Express and Stagecoach.

The Pacific Historical Review

Author : Anna Marie Hager
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520030350
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Pacific Historical Review by : Anna Marie Hager

Download or read book The Pacific Historical Review written by Anna Marie Hager and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations

Author : J. Frank Dobie
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by : J. Frank Dobie

Download or read book Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations written by J. Frank Dobie and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide book is a bibliography of books about the American West by various authors, compiled by the literary critic J. Franck Dobie. The list is subdivided along themes associated with the different aspects of life in the West such as Native American culture, Spanish influences, French influences, Texas Rangers, Missionaries, Women pioneers and Mountain men culture, among others. Each aspect is preceded by a brief discussion of the topic before the list of books themed on the subject.

Molly and the Bandit

Author : Ted Middleton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532051956
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Molly and the Bandit by : Ted Middleton

Download or read book Molly and the Bandit written by Ted Middleton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Both novelette and screenplay are included] Black Bart, the West’s premier highwayman, alias Charles Bolton, T.Z. Spaulding, and others, made at least 28 hold-up’s in eight years. Middle-aged, always on foot, and mostly with unloaded shotguns, he taunted the fabled Wells Fargo Express Company with doggerel signed Black Bart, The P o 8 (Poet). Resourceful and usually polite, he never robbed passengers. Freed from prison, he vanished. Based on a recently-found manuscript, the mystery of what happened is solved. Punster Bart, cloaked in more aliases, and malaprop Mad Molly Moon roam the Sierra Nevada’s, meeting a host of characters including Colonel Ord Vivian, henchman Tiberius Bing, murderous Ben Bubbs, and the intrepid John Muir. The year is 1888. Do enter.

Historical Atlas of the American West

Author : Warren A. Beck
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806124563
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Historical Atlas of the American West by : Warren A. Beck

Download or read book Historical Atlas of the American West written by Warren A. Beck and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 78 maps in this atlas add significant information to the study of the development of the American West, Defined for this resources as those 17 continental states west of the Missouri River. The maps range in chronology from explorations in the sixteenth century to the location of World War II prisoner of war and Japanese internment camps. The atlas includes maps of geographic, flora and fauna data. Maps are on the left pages and narratives about the maps re on the facing pages. Maps are black and white clear and easily read. An Appendix shows Spanish-Mexican land grants, and there is an index. This is an excellent atlas for both middle and high schools. Includes a section on Arkansas aboriginal setting and Native American tribes. Describes European contacts and settlements.

Stagecoach Women

Author : Cheryl Mullenbach
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493042602
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Stagecoach Women by : Cheryl Mullenbach

Download or read book Stagecoach Women written by Cheryl Mullenbach and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Surprising Story of the Plucky Drivers, Shrewd Owners, and Ruthless Robbers Who Snubbed the Rules As pervasive as stagecoaches (popularly known as shake-guts) were in the early years of America, it shouldn’t be surprising that women who possessed a significant dose of grit and an ounce of entrepreneurial spirit engaged in one way or another in stagecoach enterprises. Though their contributions to stagecoach history were often overlooked, women drove stagecoaches, groomed and shod the stage horses, hoisted mailbags and boxes of gold bullion, negotiated contracts, bought and managed stage lines, defended (with their six-shooters) their cargo from bandits, and robbed stages in addition to fulfilling their traditional roles as housekeepers, cooks, and laundresses—and, oh yes, mothers to multiple children. Stagecoach Women offers an expansive overview of stagecoach history in the United States enriched by the personal stories of women who contributed to the evolution and success of a captivating facet of American history. Prepare for a teeth-rattling, romance-shattering journey that jolts away preconceived notions about women and stagecoaches and surprises with its twists and turns.

California

Author : David Sievert Lavender
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803279247
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (792 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis California by : David Sievert Lavender

Download or read book California written by David Sievert Lavender and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest Spanish explorations in the late 1500s through the present, California's history and growth have been both tumultuous and phenomenal. All the historical facts are here: the missions and the Indians, the struggles between the Mexicans and the Americans, the fabulous gold rushes, statehood in 185O, railroad wars, furious labor upheavals, the disastrous scandals and bankruptcies of the 1920s, and the recent gigantic tamperings with nature. David Lavender tells, with unusual clarity and grace, the story of a beautiful state's rise to giganticism. In an afterword to this Bison Book edition, he looks at California today.

California

Author : Andrew F. Rolle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis California by : Andrew F. Rolle

Download or read book California written by Andrew F. Rolle and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Continental Reckoning

Author : Elliott West
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496233581
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Continental Reckoning by : Elliott West

Download or read book Continental Reckoning written by Elliott West and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elliott West lays out the main events and developments that together describe and explain the emergence of the American West and situates the birth of the West in the broader narrative of American history between 1848 and 1880.

Stagecoach Robberies in California

Author : R. Michael Wilson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786479965
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Stagecoach Robberies in California by : R. Michael Wilson

Download or read book Stagecoach Robberies in California written by R. Michael Wilson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California was the mining center of the West for half a century. Wherever precious minerals were found, road agents appeared to "mine the roads" of treasure being shipped out and payrolls being shipped in. The first recorded robbery of a stagecoach occurred in 1856, and the last in 1913. Over that period there were 458 stagecoach robberies, many with special characteristics such as a claim the robbers were Confederate soldiers, a murder, a gun battle, or a thrilling pursuit and capture. Surprisingly, there were many robberies in which the perpetrator remained unknown or in which was so little stolen the robber was not even sought out. This book gives all the details of those robberies taken from the contemporary newspapers and from a variety of other sources.

The Butterfield Overland Mail

Author : Waterman L. Ormsby
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789125588
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Butterfield Overland Mail by : Waterman L. Ormsby

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

Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884

Author : James B. Hume
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456248
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884 by : James B. Hume

Download or read book Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884 written by James B. Hume and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the company's losses during the previous 14 years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries, and four train robberies but included little or no details of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and apprehending the criminals believed still to present a danger to the company. The present volume revisits each crime, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.