Stagecoaches and the Pony Express /

Isaacs, Sally Senzell, 1950-

Stagecoaches and the Pony Express / Sally Senzell Isaacs. - Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, 2004. - 32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm. - Isaacs, Sally Senzell, 1950- American adventure .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

By rivers and roads -- Moving farther West -- The Santa Fe trail -- Gold rush and growth -- Progress on wheels -- Overland Mail Company -- The Pony Express -- The telegraph -- To the Pacific Coast -- Connecting the country -- Modern transportation -- Historical map of the United States.

An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.

1403425086 (lib. bdg.) 1403447934 (pbk.)

2003-013025


Overland Mail Company--Juvenile literature.
Overland Mail Company.


Pony express--United States--Juvenile literature.
Postal service--History--Juvenile literature.--United States
Stagecoaches--United States--Juvenile literature.
Transportation--History--United States--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Pony express.
Postal service--History.
Stagecoach lines--History.
Transportation--History--19th century.


West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Dịch vụ bưu chính Giao thông vận tải Mỹ Thế kỷ 19

HE203 / .I8 2004

388.3/41/0973 / ISA 2004