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The Butterfield Overland Mail

Author : Waterman L. Ormsby
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789125588
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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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

The First Overland Mail

Author : Robert E. Pinkerton
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787204693
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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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!

The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861

Author : Glen Sample Ely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806193199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861 written by Glen Sample Ely and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 0 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.

A History of the Overland Mail

Author : Curtis Putnam Nettels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Overland Mail written by Curtis Putnam Nettels and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869

Author : Roscoe Platt Conkling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869 written by Roscoe Platt Conkling and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 1 and 2 contain the historical text; v. 3 contains illustrations, maps, portraits, and plans.

The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861

Author : Gerald T. Ahnert
Publisher : Canastota Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780976644651
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861 written by Gerald T. Ahnert and published by Canastota Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Overland Mail, 1849-1869

Author : Le Roy Reuben Hafen
Publisher : Cleveland, Arthur H. Clark Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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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:

Butterfield's Overland Mail Company

Author : Gerald T. Ahnert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Butterfield's Overland Mail Company written by Gerald T. Ahnert and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drivers Guide to the Butterfield Overland Mail Route

Author : Kirby Sanders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982051405
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (514 download)

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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:

The First Overland Mail

Author : Walter Barnes Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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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:

Stagecoach

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

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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.

Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas 1858-1861

Author : Bob O Crossman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999657836
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas 1858-1861 written by Bob O Crossman and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas: 1858-1861 by Bob Crossman tells the story of the Overland Mail Company stagecoaches which carried passengers and mail west from Memphis and St. Louis to San Francisco through Arkansas. The Overland stagecoaches and stage wagons traveled day and night, completing the 3,293 mile journey is less than twenty five days. This book pays special attention to each of the twenty Overland Mail Company stations spread across Arkansas. The stations were typically located about fifteen miles apart. The stagecoaches or stage wagons would stop for ten minutes at each station for the quick change of horses. Twice a day the stage would stop at a station for about forty minutes, allowing the passengers to have a moment of rest and purchase a quick meal while the driver obtained a fresh team of horses or mules.

Butterfield Overland Mail Company

Author : F. P. Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Butterfield Overland Mail Company written by F. P. Rose and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pony Express

Author : Richard C. Frajola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780911989038
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Pony Express written by Richard C. Frajola and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Overland Stage to California

Author : Frank Albert Root
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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 764 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.

Wells Fargo

Author : Robert Joseph Chandler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531434
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Wells Fargo written by Robert Joseph Chandler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those striking images of stagecoaches traversing rugged mountain terrain are no mere marketing gimmick, but part and parcel of Wells Fargo's storied past. When Henry Wells and William Fargo founded the company in 1852, the gold rush had already brought thousands of people to California and uncovered the largest amount of wealth then known to the world. Wells Fargo served a unique role as a banking, express or transporting, and mail-delivery agency. In 1857, the company helped establish the Overland Mail Company; in 1861, it operated the Pony Express; and in 1866, it put together a 3,000-mile network of stagecoaches running between California and Nebraska. Three decades later, Wells Fargo covered the nation over a web of iron rails. Miners and merchants, ranchers and farmers alike depended on Wells Fargo. The company always used the fastest means possible for its deliveries and fund transfers, whether by riverboat, ocean steamer, pony express, stagecoach, railroad, or the fastest method of all, the telegraph.

Route for the Overland Stage

Author : Jesse G. Petersen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Route for the Overland Stage written by Jesse G. Petersen and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1859 exploration of the Great Basin by army topographical engineer James Simpson opened up one of the West's most important transportation and communication corridors, a vital link between the Pacific Coast and the rest of the nation. It became the route of the Pony Express and the Overland Mail and Stage, the line of the Pacific telegraph, a major wagon road for freighters and emigrants, and, later, the first transcontinental auto road, the Lincoln Highway, now Highway 50. No one has accurately tracked or mapped Simpson's original route, until now. Jesse Petersen shows in words, maps, and photos exactly where the explorer went. Sharing his detective-like reasoning as he walked or drove the entire trail west and Simpson's variant route returning east, Petersen takes readers on a mountain and desert trek through some of America's most remote and striking landscapes.