This in-depth softcover book offers a precise and comprehensive examination of a seventy-year period that defined American growth and resilience.
The first section delves into the political, social, and geographic context of a nation in motion—highlighting the manufacture of stagecoaches, key figures and companies in the industry, major overland routes, and the hazards faced on the trail. The second section takes a closer look at regional development, showcasing the operators and stage lines that helped shape individual Western states.
Enriched with maps, historic visuals, detailed citations, and an informative appendix, this volume is essential for anyone fascinated by the American West, transportation history, or frontier settlement.
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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