The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

place furnished to the Merchants Exchange,
and also TO the Mechanics aud Manuiactu
turet's Exchange, a neatly got up map of
the entire country, from the Ohio river on
! the East, to the Pacific Ocean on the West
and from the United States Northern
boundary Of 40 deg, South latitude "a deg,
embracing, OF course, all Northean Mexico
| This map is known as the General Map OF
the Mexican Boundary Survey, and il COM
piled by Major Emory, the United States
| Commissioner
r. On this map, the Post Office Department
at Washington, has laid down all the prin-
cipal routes, both in operation and proposed
for carrying the United States mails be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific.
We shall briefly describe these routes, be-
ginning at the North;
lst From st. Paul or Fort Smelling, up
the Mississippi, to Sank Rapids; thence
West by North to Moose river, a branch OF
tho Red river Of the North; thence west
TO Fort Union at the mouth OF the Yellow
Stone thence along Milk river TO Fort
Benton; thence to the Blackfoot fork OF
Bitter Root river Of the Columbia thence
to the great forks Of the Columbia, where
this route unites with the route from Great
Salt Lake, after which union they pursue
their course down the Columbia to Fort
Vancouver, where they again fork, and
branch north to Astoria and Olympia, and
the other south to Cerevales and Albany
We are not informed Of all this mail route
being as yet in operation. On the map is
shown also its Eastern connections, by Pres.
colt, to La Crosse and Fort Winnebago, to
Milwaukee and Chicago.
Mail route No. starts from st. Joseph,
No., thence to Fort Kearney, thence up the
South Platte, until it reaches point oppO-
site Fort Grattan, thence along the North
Platte TO Fort Laramie, and until it strikes
the Sweet Water, whence it skirts around
the southeastern point Of the Wind River
Mountains to Fort Bridger, and to Great
Salt Lake City. Here the line forks, one
going OF North, as we have stated under
route No. l, feeling on TO the Lewis fork OF
the Columbia, near Fort Hail. and pursu.
ing its route down the Columbia to its in
tsrscction with route No. /. The other
branch, or rather the main route after eav-
ing Great Salt Lake City strikes west to
the Humboldt, which it follows through the
mountains, until it falls on TO tho Sacramen.
to river, thence by Placervie and Sscra-
mento to San Francisco. This mail has
for some time been in operation, and is q
great public convenience.
Its Eastern connections, as laid down on
the map, are from 81. Joseph Hast via Han.
nibal and St Joseph Railroad TO Hannibal
and by North Missouri Railroad to ST
Louis. and from Dubuque, Iowa. via Fort
Des Moines and old Fort Calhoun TO Fort
kearney.
Route No. 3 is from Independence. Mis-.
souri,, West, by Fort Atkinson to Saata
Fe, New Mexico. This line has also been
put into operation and is very regular its
Eastern connections are from independence
by stage and Missouri river to Upton, and
Pacific Railroad to 81. Luis.
Route No. 4 is from Springfield, Nilsson
ri. TO Neosho, thence West up the Canadian
river to San Antonio and Albuquerque,
thence Yves, via Xuni and Rio Puerco to
| Chiquota aad Rio Colorado. thence to the
Mejave river to Fort TETON, where it inter
scots Route No. 5, -. Louis and Memphis
TO San Francisco. From Albuquerque, q
short route connects route 3 and to Santa
Fe, and from Springfield, Missouri, the
Eastern connection is by stage 10 Upton
and Pacific Railroad TO St. Louis.
Route No. is known As the Great Over
land Mail Route TO the Pacific, and from its
regularity, and the time in which the trips
are performed, as also the distance Travelled.
may be regarded as the moet successful stage
OF enterprise of this wonderful age. This route
leaves ST. Louis and Memphis twice each
week. The routes unite at Fort Smith
thence Southwest, il crosses Red River near
Preston. thence to Fort Belknsp. Fort
Chadburne, TO the crossing OF the Coucho
River, thence 10 Rio Pecos, thence TO I'll
Paso. thence TO the Rio GraDde 10 Fort
Fillmore and MssiIla. and thence West 10
Fort Buchanan. thence along the Rio Gila
10 Fort Yuma, thence TO Las Angeles, with
short branch to San Diego. From Los
Angeles by For; TETON 10 YAissgo. Santa
Cruz and san jose. 10 San Francisco
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