900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail

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Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high point in the westward movement. This work offers a history and guide to retrace that historic and romantic Trail, which stretches 2800 miles from the Mississippi River to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, A. C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Travel.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Coaching (Transportation)
TRAVEL > United States > West > Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY)
TRAVEL > United States > West > General.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Coaching (Transportation) > West (U.S.) > History.
Butterfield Overland Trail.
West United States.
United States > Butterfield Overland Trail.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Descriptions et voyages.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. John Butterfield's "gamble worth making" begins : from St. Louis to the Red River
  • pt. II. The long & dangerous days : the first overland mail trip & stations along the route
  • pt. III. New routes
  • up the Pecos, via the Guadalupes, crossing at Horsehead : to El Paso via Fort Stockton, Fort Davis and the Rio Grande
  • pt. IV. Modern travelers on the Butterfield Trail
  • the past is not past : the trail's still down there
  • pt. V. Crossroads
  • pt. VI. Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.

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