900 miles on the Butterfield Trail [electronic resource] / A.C. Greene ; [illustrations by Teresa Avini].
By: Greene, A. C.
Contributor(s): Avini, Teresa | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1994Description: 293 p. : ill., maps.Other title: Nine hundred miles on the Butterfield Trail.Subject(s): Coaching (Transportation) -- West (U.S.) -- History | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Butterfield Overland Trail | West (U.S.) -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 917.804/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.
pt. I. John Butterfield's "gamble worth making" begins : from St. Louis to the Red River -- pt. II. The long & dangerous days : the first overland mail trip & stations along the route -- pt. III. New routes-- up the Pecos, via the Guadalupes, crossing at Horsehead : to El Paso via Fort Stockton, Fort Davis and the Rio Grande -- pt. IV. Modern travelers on the Butterfield Trail-- the past is not past : the trail's still down there -- pt. V. Crossroads -- pt. VI. Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.
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