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- catalog abstract "Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be - less than three years in its span - the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a romantic high point in the westward movement, forming familiar elements in historical plots, functioning as a vibrant backdrop against which mythic adventures, western thrillers, movie serials, and television spectacles have raced. Today, more than a century and a third after the first Butterfield coaches rolled, we are hard put to imagine how awesome, how fearful the actual passage was. In 1858 Waterman Lily Ormsby, Jr., recorded his experiences on the first Butterfield Overland Mail coach traveling from Missouri to San Francisco. In the 1930s Roscoe and Margaret Conkling drove the route again in the 1930 Buick and published three volumes of their research. Now A.C. and Judy Greene have made a 1990s version of the ride in their own "celerity wagon"--A Lincoln Mark VII. Incorporating newly found historical documents and changes in the landscape, as well as exploring myths and legends that surround the Butterfield Trail, Greene's account is the latest tribute to the 2800-mile drama that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast.".
- catalog alternative "Nine hundred miles on the Butterfield Trail.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b6297115.
- catalog coverage "Butterfield Overland Trail.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Description and travel.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "In 1858 Waterman Lily Ormsby, Jr., recorded his experiences on the first Butterfield Overland Mail coach traveling from Missouri to San Francisco. In the 1930s Roscoe and Margaret Conkling drove the route again in the 1930 Buick and published three volumes of their research. Now A.C. and Judy Greene have made a 1990s version of the ride in their own "celerity wagon"--A Lincoln Mark VII.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Incorporating newly found historical documents and changes in the landscape, as well as exploring myths and legends that surround the Butterfield Trail, Greene's account is the latest tribute to the 2800-mile drama that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast.".
- catalog description "Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be - less than three years in its span - the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a romantic high point in the westward movement, forming familiar elements in historical plots, functioning as a vibrant backdrop against which mythic adventures, western thrillers, movie serials, and television spectacles have raced.".
- catalog description "Today, more than a century and a third after the first Butterfield coaches rolled, we are hard put to imagine how awesome, how fearful the actual passage was.".
- catalog extent "293 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0929398734".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press,".
- catalog spatial "Butterfield Overland Trail.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "917.804/2 20".
- catalog subject "Butterfield Overland Trail.".
- catalog subject "Coaching (Transportation) West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "F593 .G8145 1994".
- catalog subject "Overland journeys to the Pacific.".
- catalog title "900 miles on the Butterfield Trail / A.C. Greene.".
- catalog title "Nine hundred miles on the Butterfield Trail.".
- catalog type "text".