The Overland Mail, 1849-1869
Subtitle: Promoter of Settlement Precursor of Railroads
Contributors: David Dary (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780806136004
Subjects: United States - 19th Century/Old West; History: American; Communication; History - U.S; West (U.S.); United States - General; Postal service; Coaching (Transportation); 19th century; History
First sentence: The story of the extension of the postal service into the Trans-mississippi region and to the Pacific Coast would come rather late in a general chronicle of the development and extension of the postal service in English North America.