ith the notice above, a Leavenworth, Kansas, company named Russell, Majors & Waddell hoped to establish a spectacular 10-day mail service from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. That may not sound so impressive today, considering the speed of our wireless emails and cell phones. But in the mid-1800s, it took several weeks for news and
‘Orphans Preferred’
Nov 01, 2022
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