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.