The Texas frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861 /

This book tells the history of Texas's antebellum frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, which ran from St. Louis to San Francisco through Texas from 1858 to 1861. The Overland Mail Road intersected and influenced much of Texas's frontier history and was the nineteenth-century equival...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ely, Glen Sample (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > Texas, West. Butterfield Overland Stage Line > History. Roads > Texas, West > History > 19th century. Texas, West > History, Local. Texas, West > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

The Texas frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail
From the Red River to Young County
Detour to Decatur and Bridgeport
Bedlam at Belknap
From the Brazos to Valley Creek
From Fort Chadbourne to the North Concho
From the North Concho to Horsehead Crossing
The upper road to El Paso
The lower road to El Paso : from Horsehead Crossing to Van Horn's Wells
From Van Horn's Wells to El Paso
The end of the line.