Albert D. Richardson's first-hand account of his 1859 Butterfield Stage Ride into Texas from the book, Beyond the Mississippi.
Waterman L. Ormsby's account of leaving Fort Belknap on the 1858 initial run of the Butterfield Overland Mail.
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