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  • Rideing, William H.
    THE OVERLAND EXPRESS: Being a Correct True Account of Earliest Beginnings in New England, Battlefront Service During The Civil War & Perilous Adventures in the Far West, 1837-1875.

    Edition: First printing, limited edition.

    Ashland, Oregon: Lewis Osborne, 1970. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the history express forwarding business, and especially the early days of Wells Fargo, originally published as a long essay in Harper's Magazine with attribution, and published here in book format for the first time. Introduction by Richard H. Dillon. Illustrated with engravings from the original Harper's article. Also includes a portfolio of drawings of 14 styles of wagon and coaches (originally published in 1871.) One of 650 numbered copies, bound in red buckram with small gilt illustration on front cover, titling on spine. Map endpapers: front depicts an 1825 map of Roads, Canals and Steamboat Routes in the United States, that being just west of the…

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    Ashland, Oregon: Lewis Osborne, 1970. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the history express forwarding business, and especially the early days of Wells Fargo, originally published as a long essay in Harper's Magazine with attribution, and published here in book format for the first time. Introduction by Richard H. Dillon. Illustrated with engravings from the original Harper's article. Also includes a portfolio of drawings of 14 styles of wagon and coaches (originally published in 1871.) One of 650 numbered copies, bound in red buckram with small gilt illustration on front cover, titling on spine. Map endpapers: front depicts an 1825 map of Roads, Canals and Steamboat Routes in the United States, that being just west of the Mississippi River and east. and the rear is an 1867 map of Wells Fargo Stage and Express Routes. 54 pp plus 16 pp drawings and colophon.

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    Condition: Very near fine (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine.)

    Book ID: 44637
    Keywords: fargo, freight forwarding, wells, Western Americana, westward expansion
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  • Stewart, Edgar I., editor.
    PENNY-AN-ACRE EMPIRE IN THE WEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1968.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An excellent overview of the 1870's debate on the worth or worthlessness of the western lands, especially those proposed to be crossed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Covers Custer's expedition into the Black Hills in 1873. In the 1870's a glowing report was written about the worth of the land, especially those proposed to be tranversed by the Northern Pacific. A letter of contradiction was written by General William B. Hazen with a retort that the land wasn't "worth a penny an acre." With this as the starting point, the author has brought together various documents (including the Hazen pamphlet, the Haas report of 1871), setting forth the arguments on both sides. Includes fold-out map. Index. ix, 268 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good- dustjacket (one closed tear to dj, minor edgewear.)

    Book ID: 44286
    Keywords: black hills, custer, General William B. Hazen, Northern Pacific Railroad, railroads, us history, Western Americana, westward expansion
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