First Mail West; Stagecoach Lines on the Santa Fe Trail

By Morris F. Taylor

Book Overview

First published in 1971 and now in paperback for the first time, this book is a history of the stagecoach lines on the Santa Fe Trail from 1850 to 1879. Based on commercial records and ledgers, waybills and travelers' letters, and on Post Office Department records, it shows the fierce competition for passenger service and government mail contracts. Taylor tells the story of the small, independent stage lines on the Santa Fe Trail and describes the roads, landscape, the rolling stock, fares, stations and accommodations, and the country, people, and trade at the end of the line in New Mexico. Mark L. Gardner's foreword discusses Taylor's life, work, and the value of First Mail West to the history of the Southwest.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826301940
• ISBN13: 9780826301949
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: University of New Mexico
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.