CALIFORNIA TRAIL: the story behind the scenery--voyage of discovery. by Charles H. Dodd.
Follow the gold seekers from the Missouri River to California, land of
opportunity. Share their trials and experience their joys through
excerpts from emigrant diaries.
9x12, 64 pages, 59 color photos & 28 maps/ diagrams. 1996.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-88714-112-9. 1996. Order #: KCPU4621 paper12.95.
PONY EXPRESS: the story behind the scenery--voyage of discovery. Godfrey & Webb. Story of early horseback mail service in 1860-61 across the western deserts and mountains to Sacramento, with descriptions of stage stations, routes, and riders. 64 large-format pages, color illustrations.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-88714-147-1. 1999. Order #: KCPU6547 paper$8.95.
RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS. Ralph Moody.
Exiting account of the 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861 when this overland mail operated on horseback over 2,000 miles of rugged Western territory. Tales of the brave riders and their deeds on the various segments of the trail route: weather factors, Indian encounters, lengthy rides, all to end when the transcontinental telegraph was completed.
183 pages, illustrations, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-8305-3. Order #: UNNE8520 paper$14.95.
SADDLES
AND SPURS: the Pony Express saga. Settle & Settle.
Story of the
transcontinental horse mail 1860-1861--brings together a store house of information about this operation, complete with historical background including the overland freight and stagecoach business and the development of the telegraph and the Pacific railroad. Includes biographical sketches of founders, company personnel, and riders, plus a list and descriptions of stations. 217 pages, 50 photos.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5765-1. 1972. Order #: UNNE7087 paper$11.00.
SADDLES
AND SPURS: the Pony Express saga. by Settle & Settle.
Story of the
transcontinental horse mail 1860-1861--brings together a store house of information about this operation, complete with historical background including the overland freight and stagecoach business and the development of the telegraph and the Pacific railroad. Includes biographical sketches of founders, company personnel, and riders, plus a list and descriptions of stations. 217 pages, 50 photos.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-5765-8. 1972. Order #: UNNE3038 paper$19.95.
THE SAGA OF THE PONY EXPRESS. by Joseph Di Certo.
"Wanted—Young skinny, wiry fellows
not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily....Orphans
preferred." —Pony Express poster, 1860.
Threatened by civil war and Indian uprisings, the government in the mid-1800s
needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three
visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An
elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles of
inhospitable wilderness in 10 days.
Complete with dozens of illustrations, several maps, and appendixes of riders
and relay stations—including stations the reader can still see today"—The Saga
of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure. 256 pages, photos.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-7842-452-8. 2002. Order #: MOPR1146 paper$17.00.
SEVEN TRAILS WEST. by Arthur King Peters.
Explores the major routes that linked the eastern United States to the Far West: Lewis & Clark's route, Santa Fe Trail, Oregon/California Trail, Mormon Trail, Pony Express, Transcontinental Telegraph and Transcontinental Railroad.
Portrays personalities involved, locating the routes, developing the trails and lines, and using them by emigrants, mail carriers, and travelers. Historical and modern photographs and maps, chronology, 252 pages, index.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 0-7892-0678-1. 2000. Order #: MISC2709 paper$29.95.
THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO THE PONY EXPRESS TRAIL. Bensen.
Scenic touring guide for modern explorers, featuring advice on where to go, what to see, and what to
do along the famous route. 140 pages. 1995.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-1-56044-233-2. Order #: GLPE6553 paper$12.95.
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