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(More customer reviews)As the carrier of the United States Mail along a 2,000 mile route from Missouri to California during the years 1858-1861, John Butterfield's Overland Mail Service holds a dramatic and exciting spot in the saga of western history.
Some 700 of the miles covered by the Butterfield line ran through Texas, and it is to this area that Greene brings his practiced eye. Noting that relevant historical points have surfaced since other works concerning the line have been written, Greene and his wife, Judy, researched by driving the trail. In addition to impeccable documental investigation, the pair walked many miles to personally experience this valuable portion of Texas history.
The book's first three sections document the colorful history of the Butterfield line. Next, the route as seen today is profiled, including a guide for retracing it plus some brief essays concerning events that once occurred along those miles.
Closing pages are devoted to a sketch of Waterman Lily Ormsby, Jr., who in 1858 wrote of his thoughts as he rode on the first Butterfield Overland Mail coach going from Missouri to San Francisco.
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"Remember, boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!" said John Butterfield to his drivers. 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. A. C. Greene offers a history and guide to retrace that historic and romantic Trail, which stretches 2800 miles from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast."A fine mix of past and present to appeal to scholar and lay reader alike."-Robert M. Utley, author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull "A. C. Greene, writing in his colorful style, has brought the old trail to vivid life."-Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"Greene has sensitively compiled a refreshing . . . survey of the longest stagecoach line in world history. His own travels . . . bring forth an exciting companion to anyone wishing to visit famous stations and stops along this vanished bastion of Americana."-Library Journal--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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