Via Western Express & Stagecoach is the story of stagecoach and express transportation in California before the railroad. The emphasis in this book is placed upon the more human, more picturesque and exciting aspects of overland transportation. The author also tries to show the extent California was isolated from the rest of the nation. A chapter is devoted to the Pony Express and the Butterfield Overland Mail.
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California Transportation--1848-1869, California Gold Rush, Butterfield Overland Mail, Stagecoach
