PART I John Butterfield's "gamble worth making" Begins From St. Louis to the Red River
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PART II The Long & Dangerous Days—The First Overland Mail Trip & Stations Along the Route
33
(60)
PART III New Routes—lip the Pecos, via the Guadalupes; Crossing at Horsehead: to El Paso via Fort Stockton, Fort Davis and the Rio Grande
93
(36)
PART IV Modern Travelers on the Butterfield Trail The Past Is Not Past: The Trail's Still Down There
129
(86)
PART V Crossroads
215
(46)
An Inspector's Report
The Great Gainesville Hanging of 1862
Other Mail Lines
Later Tragedies: Warren Wagon Train Massacre, Elm Creek Raid, Turtle Hole
Faithful Old Dog "Shep" at Crow Springs
Blot's Camp Meeting
John Russell Bartlett
Death at Quitman Pass
Tragedy at Apache Pass
Rights and Wrongs of the Butterfield Trail
'The Butterfield Stations in Los Angeles
PART VI Epilogue—The Dream Ends, But Legends Abide
261
(12)
Bibliography
273
(8)
Index
281
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