Via Western Express and Stagecoach: California's Transportation Links with the Nation, 1848-1869

xi, 158 pp. Includes fold-out map of California with U.S. map showing principal routes taken in the 1850-60s. "This is the story of stagecoach and express transportation in California, before the "Iron Horse" came puffing across the Sierra Nevada. Also, it is the history of travel during a time when hordes of people from all parts of the globe rushed to California in search of fortune and fame, a time when the West was bumptious, raucous, and wild."