Title: Stagecoaches across the American West : 1850 to 1920 /
Authors: Sells, John A., 1932-
Publisher: Hancock House,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Stagecoaches West (U.S.) History.; Stagecoach lines West (U.S.) History.; Diligences États-Unis (Ouest) History.; Lignes de diligences États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire.; West (U.S.) History.; États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire.
Contents: Overland to the West -- Vehicles & coach building -- The central route -- John Butterfield Overland Mail Company -- The Overland Trail -- William Russell & the Pony Express -- Impact of the telegraph -- David Butterfield's Overland Despatch -- The Holladay Overland Mail & Express Line -- Barlow & Sanderson -- The Santa Fe Trail -- Wells Fargo -- The 1864-66 Indian Wars -- California & the Pacific Coast-Regional stagecoaches -- Texas -- Nebraska -- Colorado -- Kansas & Oklahoma -- New Mexico -- Wyoming -- Dakota -- Idaho -- Montana -- Nevada -- Arizona -- The Utah, Gilmer & Salisbury Stage Line -- Stories, stage drivers & legal matters -- The horseless carriage.