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Author Austerman, Wayne R. (Wayne Randolph), 1948-

Title Sharps rifles and Spanish mules : the San Antonio--El Paso mail, 1851-1881 / by Wayne R. Austerman
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (x, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents After the eagle screamed -- "Notice to travelers" -- A tangled weave -- "I'll be damned if I'll die!" -- "From no place through nothing to nowhere" -- Hard passages -- Omens and rivals -- The flame and the talons -- Thrones for the ravens -- Coopwood's try -- The brash reinsman -- The knives of winter -- "Charges against the service" -- Concord suffrage -- The savage recessional -- Chronology of the San Antonio-El Paso mail, 1850-1881
Summary History of stage coach lines that served South Texas during the 19th Century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-355) and index
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Subject Postal service -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
Coaching (Transportation) -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
Coaching (Transportation)
Postal service
SUBJECT San Antonio (Tex.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00009835
El Paso (Tex.) -- History
Subject Texas
Texas -- El Paso
Texas -- San Antonio
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585174830
9780585174839