Taylor, Morris F.        <br/><br/>
First mail West:  Stagecoach lines on the Santa Fe Trail   Print 
Morris F. Taylor 
 - Albuquerque, NM  University of New Mexico Press.  1971 
 - 253 pages  B&w photographs; map; bibliography; index  Hardback. 
<br/><br/> Includes Index and Bibliography 
<br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>The preterritorial years (1846-1850) --<br/>Waldo, Hall and Company (1850-1854) --<br/>Hockaday and Hall (1854-1858) --<br/>Expansion and competition (1857-1859) --<br/>Hall and Porter's difficult years (1859-1860) --<br/>Change of hands, change of route (1860-1861) --<br/>Civil war and the Santa Fe mail (1861-1863) --<br/>M. Cotrill and Company and the Indian wars (1863-1864) --<br/>The Santa Fe Stage Company (1865-1866) --<br/>The emergence of Barlow and Sanderson (1866-1867) --<br/>The Southern Overland Mail and Express Company (1867-1869) --<br/>The Denver and Santa Fe Line (1867-1870) --<br/>Beginning the third decade (1870-1872) --<br/>The Stage line shortens (1873-1875) --<br/>End of the Santa Fe Trail (1876-1880). 
<br/><br/> Morris Taylor tells the story of the stagecoach lines that carried passengers and mail over the Santa Fe Trail from 1850 to 1879, when the railroads took over their traffic. The small stage lines on the Santa Fe Trail had a fierce competitive struggle for the government mail contract.                                                                                                                                                                                             
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>826301940 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>78-129810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Transportation - Stagecoaches - History--Santa Fe Trail - Transportation - History.--Stagecoach lines - Transportation - History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>978 Tay   48