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900 miles on the Butterfield Trail / A.C. Greene ; [illustrations by Teresa Avini].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, A. C., 1923-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coaching (Transportation)--West (U.S.)--History.
- Coaching (Transportation).
- Overland journeys to the Pacific.
- Butterfield Overland Trail.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Nine hundred miles on the Butterfield Trail.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high point in the westward movement. This work offers a history and guide to retrace that historic and romantic Trail, which stretches 2800 miles from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast.
- Contents:
- pt. I. John Butterfield's "gamble worth making" begins : from St. Louis to the Red River
- pt. II. The long & dangerous days : the first overland mail trip & stations along the route
- pt. III. New routes
- up the Pecos, via the Guadalupes, crossing at Horsehead : to El Paso via Fort Stockton, Fort Davis and the Rio Grande
- pt. IV. Modern travelers on the Butterfield Trail
- the past is not past : the trail's still down there
- pt. V. Crossroads
- pt. VI. Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283924245
- 1283924242
- 9781574414936
- 1574414933
- OCLC:
- 811505166
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