The Butterfield Overland Mail 1857-1869 includes the company organization and operation over the Central Route to 1861 and then over the Central Route to 1866. Finally under the Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869. The first volume starts with a biographical sketch of John Butterfield, describes early forms of mail delivery to the West and the Southern Route.
Original of this book is at Northeast Missouri State University.
412/Photocopy in Notebook/Photographs.
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