From the California Gold Rush and westward expansion to the development of regional stage lines across the frontier, this comprehensive guide explores how stagecoaches carried passengers, mail, and freight across vast and often unforgiving landscapes. Learn about the coach builders, drivers, companies, and routes that helped link distant communities and support the growth of the United States.
The book includes coverage of major western regions and territories, including California, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Filled with maps, photographs, references, and historical information, it serves as both an engaging read and a valuable reference resource.
Whether you are a stagecoach enthusiast, historian, researcher, reenactor, or simply fascinated by the American frontier, this book offers an informative look at one of the most important transportation networks.
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Specifications
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Format: Softcover
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Pages: 335
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Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11"
CONTENTS:
STAGECOACH RULES
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Overland to the West
CHAPTER 2: Vehicles & Coach Building
CHAPTER 3: The Central Route
CHAPTER 4: John Butterfield Overland Mail Company
CHAPTER 5: The Overland Trail
CHAPTER 6: William Russell & The Pony Express
CHAPTER 7: Impact of the Telegraph
CHAPTER 8: David Butterfield's Overland Dispatch
CHAPTER 9: The Holladay Overland Mail & Express Line
CHAPTER 10: Barlow & Sanderson
CHAPTER 11: The Santa Fe Trail
CHAPTER 12: Wells Fargo
CHAPTER 13: The 1864-66 Indian Wars
CHAPTER 14: California & the Pacific Coast-Regional Stagecoaches
CHAPTER 15: Texas
CHAPTER 16: Nebraska
CHAPTER 17: Colorado
CHAPTER 18: Kansas & Oklahoma
CHAPTER 19: New Mexico
CHAPTER 20: Wyoming
CHAPTER 21: Dakota
CHAPTER 22: Idaho
CHAPTER 23: Montana
CHAPTER 24: Nevada
CHAPTER 25: Arizona
CHAPTER 26: The Utah, Gilmer & Salisbury Stage Line
CHAPTER 27: Stories, Stage Drivers & Legal Matters
CHAPTER 28: The Horseless Carriage
APPENDIX
END NOTES
BILBIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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