The Pony Express Stations of Utah in Historical Perspective

Description

Authors: Fike, Richard E. and Headley, John W.

Publisher: Bureau of Land Management

Pub Date: 1979

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1:  Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Rear corner at spine foot has slight bump, wear.  Smudging to bottom text block.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Copy 2 (D): Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  There’s one long smudge, almost from top to bottom edges (probably from rubbing against another book?).  Previous owner’s name on upper edge ffep/title page.  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend.  One approx. 1″ x 1/2″ chip missing from bottom edge rear cover.  Doesn’t affect text.  Wrinkling to bottom edge rear cover.

Notes:  Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Series Monograph 2.  There were 27 Pony Express (and Overland Mail Service) stations in Utah.  The BLM currently oversees 8 stations in Utah, as well as stations in other states.  This monograph was not an archaeological survey only, but a historical survey as well, conducted as part of the 1976 Bicentennial.  Stations are named, mapped (as best as possible), some with period photos, others with current photos.  Riders for the Pony Express in Utah are named, as well as construction details for the stations, and some station keepers named.