including national parks, monuments, historic sites, and other park areas

Browse below for books on National Park System areas in Missouri,
or click for: Gateway Arch National Park, Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, Pony Express National Historic Trail.

DISCOVER WESTWARD EXPANSION: an Educational Activity Book. Salts.
Stories, games, puzzles relating to America's frontier settlement during the 1800s. Learn about American Indians, explorers, adventurers, gold-seekers, pioneers, miners, and fur-traders. Includes word games, puzzles, projects, secret codes, mazes, and more. For children. 32 pages.
Inventory = 1 ISBN: 0-931056-03-9. Order #: JENE6050 paper$4.95.

 

 

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.

 

SAINT LOUIS IN 1884: "the future great city of the world". by William Henry Bishop.
Belching clouds of dark smoke coming from the city's factory chimneys were cited as proof that St. Louis was indeed prosperous! Early, the city was a supply depot on the west bank of the Mississippi River for emigrants heading across the plains. Native stone architecture in the city is described, as are the centers of retail trade, parks, schools, and public buildings. Reprinted from Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Period engravings are added to the text. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock in quantity. ISBN-10: 0-89646-024-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-024-9. Order #: VIST0024 paper $3.95.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

List of National Park System areas in Missouri:
California National Historic Trail
Gateway Arch National Park (formerly Jefferson Expansion National Memorial)
George Washington Carver National Monument
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Trail of Tears National Historical Trail
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

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