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The Butterfield Overland Mail: Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage (The Huntington Library Classics) by Waterman L. Ormsby; Lyle H. Wright; Josephine M. Bynum is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>A classic first-hand account of a historic overland journey. Waterman L. Ormsby was a reporter who, in 1858, crossed the western states as the sole and first through-passenger of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage on its first trip from St. Louis to San Francisco. Ormsby's reports, which promptly appeared in the <i>New York Herald</i>, are lively and exciting. He describes the journey in great detail, giving full account of the conveyances, the accommodations, the other passengers, the country through which they passed, the dangers to which they were exposed, and the constant necessity for speed. Serving as a frontispiece is a fold-out copy of the earliest known through timetable of the Overland Mail Company.</p> <h3>Michael Rogers - Library Journal</h3> <p><P>As Furlong (above) salutes the West's passing, Ormsby chronicles its beginning. Ormsby, a journalist for the <i>St. Louis Herald</i>, was the sole through passenger on the Butterfield Overland Mail stage's maiden trip from St. Louis to San Francisco in 1858. He sent back dispatches en route describing the terrain, accommodations, other passengers, and more. Solid primary source material and a great piece of Americana.</P>
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- Author
- Waterman L. Ormsby; Lyle H. Wright; Josephine M. Bynum
- Publisher
- Huntington Library Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780873282321
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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