Butterfield's Byway
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Butterfield's Byway

America's First Overland Mail Route Across the West

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Butterfield's Byway

America's First Overland Mail Route Across the West

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John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2, 800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach line would roll from St. Louis to San Francisco. Former Utica, New York mayor Butterfield hired one thousand men and bought 1, 200 horses, 600 mules and 250 wagons. Surveying the wilderness, he built roads and two hundred way stations, graded river fords and dug one hundred wells. Join author Melody Groves on a cross-country trip from Missouri to California, and all points in between, as she recounts the Butterfield Stage Line's amazing odyssey.

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Publisher
The History Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781625850379
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Prologue: Where It All Began
  8. Part I: Setting the Stage—Metaphorically Speaking
  9. Part II: The Need for Speed
  10. Part III: Building the Impossible
  11. Part IV: The Trip Itself
  12. Part V: The End of an Era
  13. Epilogue
  14. Rules of Travel: Stagecoach Decorum
  15. Travel Comparison: 150 Years Ago versus Today
  16. List of Firsts
  17. List of Way Stations
  18. Timeline
  19. Terms and Slang
  20. Bibliography
  21. About the Author