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The Pony Express trail [electronic resource] : yesterday and today / William E. Hill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, William E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pony express--United States--History.
- Pony express.
- Pony Express National Historic Trail.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press It operated less than two years. It lost an enormous amount of money. But the Pony Express delivered the mail across a continent at a critical time and captured the imagination of people all over the world like few events in the history of the American West.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; Poem, "The Pony Rider"; Chapter One - It Begins; Chapter Two - Maps and Itinerary; Chapter Three - History; Chapter Four - Artists and Recorders; Chapter Five -The Mail Goes Through, a Pictorial Journey; Chapter Six - The Riders, Folklore and Fact; Chapter Seven - Stations; Chapter Eight - Museums and Displays; Chapter Nine - Additional Reading; Bibliography; The Author; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-87516-X
- 9786613716477
- 0-87004-495-8
- OCLC:
- 797915713
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