Description: Butterfield's Byway John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2,800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach line would roll from St. Louis to San Francisco. Former Utica, New York mayor Butterfield hired one thousand men and bought 1,200 horses, 600 mules and 250 wagons. Surveying the wilderness, he built roads and two hundred way stations, graded river fords and dug one hundred wells. Join author Melody Groves on a cross-country trip from Missouri to California, and all points in between, as she recounts the Butterfield Stage Line's amazing odyssey.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781626194878
Book Title: Butterfield's Byway : America's FIRST Overland Mail Route Across the West
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Melody Groves
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / West / General, Public Affairs & Administration, Civil / Highway & Traffic, United States / 19th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, Transportation, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
