Author: Overland Stage Line
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Category : Denver (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Receipts dated October 6, 1863, and December 6, 1864, Denver City (Colorado Territory) for transport of gold dust.
The Overland Stage Line, for Carrying the Great Through Mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific States
Author: Overland Stage Line
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Denver (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Receipts dated October 6, 1863, and December 6, 1864, Denver City (Colorado Territory) for transport of gold dust.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Denver (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Receipts dated October 6, 1863, and December 6, 1864, Denver City (Colorado Territory) for transport of gold dust.
Treasure Way Bill
Author: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company
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Category : Carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Category : Carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Overland Mail, 1849-1869
Author: Le Roy Reuben Hafen
Publisher: Cleveland, Arthur H. Clark Company
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher: Cleveland, Arthur H. Clark Company
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Overland Stage to California
Author: Frank Albert Root
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
"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.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
"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.
Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King
Author: J. V. Frederick
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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.
The Way to the West
Author: Emerson Hough
Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Overland Stage Line Advertisement
Author: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Illustrated announcement of the coach runs of the Overland Stage Line, which carried "the great through mails between the Atlantic and Pacific States." Made by Joseph S. Roberson, the piece has (mounted) a photograph of stagecoach, taken in Great Salt Lake City, and portraits of officers and agents of the Company (Ben Holladay, David Street, Paul Coburn, Nat Stein, and Roberson) Includes photograph of the original advertisement.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Illustrated announcement of the coach runs of the Overland Stage Line, which carried "the great through mails between the Atlantic and Pacific States." Made by Joseph S. Roberson, the piece has (mounted) a photograph of stagecoach, taken in Great Salt Lake City, and portraits of officers and agents of the Company (Ben Holladay, David Street, Paul Coburn, Nat Stein, and Roberson) Includes photograph of the original advertisement.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Author: Josiah Gilbert Holland
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
The Overland Stage
Author: John M. Townley
Publisher:
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Category : Coaching (Transportation)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coaching (Transportation)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Overland Stage to California
Author: Frank Albert Root
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
"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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
"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.