900 miles on the Butterfield Trail
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| Language: | English |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
1994.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10658306 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.