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The First Overland Mail
The First Overland Mail
The First Overland Mail
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First published in 1953, this book tells the story of John Butterfield, a mid-19th Century stagecoach and freight line operator and his line of stagecoaches, which took passengers and mail across the U.S. in the 1850s.

Born on a farm in Berne, New York in 1801, Butterfield grew up on a farm and was mostly self-educated. At the age of 19, he became a professional stage driver. He was always interested in transportation, becoming involved in the livery business, establishing stage routes throughout New York. He also gained experience with steamboats, railroads, and local plank-roads.

As a skilled businessman, he soon controlled most of the stage lines west of New York, and in 1849 he formed the companies that became American Express and Wells-Fargo, as well as the Butterfield Overland Stage Company.

In 1857, American Express won the government contract for the first transcontinental stage line, carrying the mail from Missouri to California for $600,000 per year—the largest mail contract that had ever been awarded. Thus, Butterfield became president of the Overland Mail Company.

Covering an exciting period in American history, this story of bravery and adventure will appeal to readers of all ages!
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateJun 28, 2017
ISBN9781787204690
The First Overland Mail
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Robert E. Pinkerton

ROBERT E. PINKERTON (March 12, 1882 - February 6, 1970) was an American writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Born in Arena, Wisconsin, he attended the University of Wisconsin for two years before working as a cub reporter on the Milwaukee Free Press and was later telegraph news editor for The Journal in Milwaukee. Together with his wife Kathrene, he sold their first fictive effort, a 30,000 word novelette, to Munsey’s Magazine. With their earnings from this sale, the couple departed for the wilds of Canada, where they built onto a cabin in the bush, 8 miles from the village of Atikokan, Ontario. The only means of transport to and from Atikokan was by canoe in the summer and dogsled during the long Canadian winter. They wrote non-fiction articles on camping, based on their experiences, and sold them to outdoor magazines. They came out of the bush for a short while for the birth of their daughter Bobs, and then began writing fiction of the characters of the bush they had come to know. Five years after they had entered the bush, they returned to civilization, but continued to travel extensively by car, living in the wilds of the Rockies, the heights of the Sierra Nevada and on the mesas of the Southwest. They then spent most of the next seven years on a boat, cruising off the Pacific coast, near British Columbia and Alaska. Their daughter, Bobs, spent the academic year in boarding school and the vacations on the boat. Mr. Pinkerton passed away in New York in 1970.

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