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Overland Mail and the Westward Communication Revolution
Elmo Scott Watson traces the rise of transcontinental mail from the early failed routes to Butterfield and the central route. He highlights the Pony Express and its riders, the telegraph, and the eventual railroad as milestones that linked East and West, transforming communication and settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
New York
San Frincisco
San Francisco
Overland Mail
Leroy R. Hafey
State Historical Society of
Colorado
Arthur 4. Glork Company
Cleveland
Trans- Mississippi West
Fist Mail
St. Louis
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Great Britain
Oregon
Polk
Confederacy
Rocky Mountains
Charleston, & Co
Chagres
Panama
Astoria
Ore
California
Hatey
Telegraph Hl
Pacific Coast
New York Dock
Kit Carson Fid
United States
Utah
Oragon Trail
Oregon Country
California Diggings
Great Plains
John Butterfield
St Louis
Fort Smith
Ark
el Paso
Texas
Tucson
Ariz
Fort Yuma
Los Angeles
Hafey
Saint Louis
Butterfield
Buchanan
Haat
Gixties
Napoleon
West
Willian H. Russell
Iussell, Majors and Widdell
Plains
Tle Leavenworth and
Pikes Peak
Central Overland California and
Pikes Peak Express Company
Rocky Mountain
Russell
Pony Express
Centrol Overland
St. Joseph
Talfaln Bill
Central Overland California
Ben Holladay
Overland Stage Lines
Holladay
Mark ‘Twain
Holy Land
Moses
Taek
Egypt
Flint
Israel
Javier
Wells Fargo Company
Promontory Point
Concord