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Overland Mail, The 1849-1869 by LeRoy R Hafen Soft Cover
The Overland Mail 1849-1869 by LeRoy R Hafen Promoter of settlement, Precursor of railroads
Soft Cover
361 pages
Copyright 2004
CONTENTS
List Of Illustrations5
About The Author7
Foreword9
Preface15
Establishment And Early Development Of The Postal Service 19
The Ocean Mail To The Pacific Coast, 1848-185837
Pioneer Monthly Mails To The Inter-Mountain Region, 1849-185853
The Butterfield Overland Mail; The South In The Ascendency 79
Extensive Increases In Mail Lines To The Pacific, 1857-1859; Testing The Routes103
Should The Postal Service Be A Pioneering Agency Or A Business Undertaking? Reform And Conflict, 1859-1860129
Mail Service To The Pike's Peak Region, 1858-1860145
The Pony Express, Demonstrator Of The Central Route165
The Fight For A Daily Mail On The Central Route, 1859-1861195
The Million Dollar Mail In Operation, 1861-1862217
The Indian Peril241
The Mail In The Middle Sixties273
In The Days Of The Stage-Coach295
Final Years And Passing Of The Overland Stage317
Bibliography Of References Cited 335
Index 347
ILLUSTRATIONS
UNITED STATES TROOPS GUARDING OVERLAND MAIL Frontispiece Reproduced by courtesy of Mr. Frank A. Root from an old drawing in his possession
WILLIAM H. RUSSELL167 The founder of the Pony Express
FACSIMILE OF THE PONY EXPRESS LETTER, WHICH CARRIED THE NEWS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ELECTION183
OVERLAND STAGE LINE RECEIPT233
BRIDGER PASS STATION, ON THE OVERLAND STAGE ROUTE 243 From an original drawing
BEN HOLLADAY, PRESIDENT OF THE OVERLAND STAGE LINE297
THE CONCORD STAGE-COACH307 The type of stage-coach used in pioneer days to transport mail. Reproduced by courtesy of Mr. E. La Forest
MAP OF THE OVERLAND MAIL ROUTES, 1849-1869 342
ON THE BACK COVER
In the development of the American West, no two decades were so full of romance and change as the years from the California gold rush of 1849 to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. In two decades, the West was conquered and the secession movement rose and fell. From slow ox-team and prairie schooner to the dashing Pony Express, the overland mail service mirrored these monumental strides.
Originally published in 1926, The Overland Mail was the first scholarly work to examine the impact of the postal service on the expansion of the West as the service evolved from a private endeavor to a government-contracted business. LeRoy R. Hafen details how the mail service tied West to East, influenced politics and economics, promoted use of the overland trails, aided in settlement, and helped usher in the railroads.
This classic work is here available in paperback for the first time. In a new foreword, David Dary assesses Hafen's , contributions as a writer and historian.
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