The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.

Root, Frank A.; Connelley, William Elsey (Editor)

Edité par Long's College Book Co., Columbus, OH, 1950

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*May ship at extra cost due to heavy weight.* Facsimile of original edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Black decoration of an Indigenous man on spine. Black decorations on front cover show a horse-drawn stagecoach and three people on horseback (two Indigenous men chase after another man who looks like a pioneer, cowboy, or Pony Express rider). 6 1/2" x 9 1/4." 630 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. One black-and-white map tipped in back shows the Overland Stage Route and other historical routes in the United States such as the Santa Fe Trail. List of Illustrations and Portraits in front. General Index and Roll of Honor in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a few small marks and slight wear to extremities. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. This book contains a 1950 facsimile of the original 1901 edition that was authored by Frank A. Root, an American newspaper publisher, Pony Express messenger, and agent of the Post-Office Department, and edited by William Elsey Connelly, an American author. This book is about the Overland Stage Route to California; the various stagecoaches, messengers, and pathways involved in transporting mail throughout the Midwest and Western states; and other contemporary events of the time in the nineteenth century. Chapter titles: "The Overland Mail," "The Great American Desert--Home of the Buffalo," "First Daily Overland Mail," "The Overland Stage Line," "The Overland Pony Express," "Building the Pacific Telegraph and Railroads," "Excitement Over the Pike's Peak Gold Discovery," "On the Early History of Colorado," "Denver's Early Eastern Mail," "My First Trip Across the Plains," "The Platte Valley, Fort Kearney, etc.," "The Overland Stage Drivers," "Overland Freighting--New Routes," "Appointed Mail Agent at Latham," "Indian Raids, and Adventures on the Plains," "My Last Trip on the Overland Stage," "Smoky Hill Route--Butterfield's Overland Despatch," "Recollections of Early Atchison," "Sketch of OVerland Stage Proprietor," "Some of the Old Pioneers," "More About the 'Overland,'" Incidents of the 'Overland,'" Marysville and Marshall County--The Oketo Cut-Off," "Miscellaneous Happenings on the 'Overland,'" and "Retrospective.".

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• Titre: The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
• Éditeur: Long's College Book Co., Columbus, OH
• Date de parution: 1950
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • U.S. History
  • Transportation, Inc. Automobiles, Trains & Ships
  • Western Americana