Show Epic Story V From FromI FromI J I I Old Pioneer Days Reveals Progress C Contrast Revealed in ConI Comparison Com Con I parison of Ox 05 Team Team With Airplanes es covered ered wa n waon wag wagon The epic story of the of ot the western on Is a narrative civilization and o of of this country's the continuous battle against time tim division Boeing system and space has prepared a ar an of United Air Lines c ol of of the progress interesting history ry communication and historic t overland trail trac tracing I the over Indian it from the days of the ing lag the fur trader the covered wago wagon transcontinental the first the pony air express cs snail mall service and now tn tri tri- night and day de cie airplane airplane airplane air air- motored which sons of th the service service-on on o plane will travel during Mormon Wagon pioneers Days as far in eight Covered parents parent minutes as their courageous did in a days day's journey 1813 a band of seven se men re returned returned returned re- re In the cast east from Astoria Ore turned to fort named h in built a a. where they president president president of John Jacob Astor honor company of the American Fur dent planned a line of trading had Astor Great Lakes to the posts post from the China islands and Sandwich Pacific this thI of 1812 put a stop atop to tt but the war Indians stole their Crow scheme left them afoot more thaia than thai thana horses thousand and miles from any white settlement a After Artel enduring many hardships the m men reached the present present present pres pres- ent site of ot Grand Island Neb no noan now auxiliary airport of Boeing an The rest of the return to St St. StLouis tem tern the made by canoe down clown Louis Louls was and Missouri rivers These Platte followed by were fur first traders and the development of oi the route is in this sequence SUBLETTE REACHES WYOMING 10 1830 Milton 1830 Milton Sublette with left St. St Louis and arrived wagons River mountains in at the Wind Wyoming on July 16 Theirs were the Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- the first wagon agon wheels on trail through Nebraska gon General The 1843 1843 The path Pathfinder out the John Fremont began to spy military wa ways s 's across the the- west cst 1847 1847 The The Mormons who had wIntered wintered wintered win wIn- at Florence just north of the present site of Omaha made their famous migration mi ration to the valley of the Great Grent Salt lake Buffalo skulls were used as signposts One left by bythe bythe bythe the Mormons in Colorado read Pioneers Pioneers Pio Plo camped here June 3 1847 makIng making making mak mak- ing 15 miles a a. day All well Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig Brigham ham Young It is interesting to note that in nine minutes the Boeing distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis system transport traverses the tance the Mormons required one dayto day dayto dayto to travel 1849 The 1849 The trait trail simultaneous with the cry of Gold in California became be became became be- be came the greatest traveled highway in the world wider world wider and more beaten than a city street street and and hundreds of thousands of wagons passed over it One set of government wagon trains in 1858 made a a. line 50 miles long Forty thousand were on the trail One firms firm's freight teams numbered numbered wagons and oxen 1855 The 1855 The first monthly Wells Fargo mail matt stages stages' be began n running front from S the Ml Missouri ouri to ro Salt Lake and California The trail was now in lull tide of life me filled with gold seek seek- ers from the Missouri to tt the Towns stirring and turbulent soi somnow some som now gone from the map and zoi som grown to be cities flourished color color- fully Frequently Immigrant trains train had to tt stop while immense herds c of buffalo bufalo crossed the highway t th the herds being so great that at time they the obliterated sections of the tr trail trai 1858 September 1858 September 15 IB The first firs overland stage coach left San Fracisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco for the east and on October 9 1858 the first stage from the c cas cast reached San Francisco TOE TIlE PONY EXPRESS The 1860 The first pony express mi mai began running from St. St Joseph M Mo to Sacramento Cal Cat The pony e ex express express ex- ex press continued for 18 months un the completion of the telegraph lii to San Francisco in irs October 1861 Daring riders traveling day and az an night ht as fast as their horses cou could coul run relayed bags of mail across ti the thi plains and mountains from the Mi Mis sour ouri river to the Pacific ocean Starting in 1860 the express Ic St. St Joseph twice a week making II tin the trip to ro Sacramento in 11 days latin later late In nine days The record run w win wa was in March 1861 when President Lincoln's Lin Liz coins coin's inaugural address was carried carrh from Crom St. St Joseph to Sacramento 1981 1980 miles mUes in seven seen days and 17 hours hour The Boeing system planes cut 1 13 miles off oct the express mileage Th TI route of or William F. F Cody Buffalo Buffa Bill Bm lay between n Red Buttes W Wyo Wyc ro and md Three Crossings on the Sweetwater Sweet Sweet- water a distance of about 76 16 miles mIle and one of the most difficult an and anc dangerous stages of the whole line un The rho B Boeing transports flying OV over Buffalo Bills Bill's route in 33 38 minutes mInute make nake the trip which took him sever seve hours and on which he used si mounts founts 1861 1861 Edward Edward Creighton n wascom ascom by the Pacific Telegraph aph company which in 1864 merged with wit Western Vestern Union to make a sUr e survey Ic foia for foi fora a telegraph route between the Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- our river and the Pacific coast A At Salt Lake he enlisted the support c ol of Brigham Young Congress approved approve this his enterprise On October 17 1861 the he first message was tele telegraphed from roin San Francisco to tt Omaha The Thc western estern division of oC the telegraph Sacramento to Salt Lake City City was ras constructed by the Overland O Telegraph company which likewise like like- wise was merged with Western Union Unior in a 1866 1865 July 10 Political lO-Political Political and military mili mill tar tary ary reasons dictated that there ther should hould be a surer and safer method metho of ot f transportation between California Califor nia Ia and the middle west than the th wagon agon train and stage ct coach ach Four Fou routes outes were surveyed by the government government gov gov- but the central route rout seemed to tt offer the best advantages advantage for Dr railroad construction Including the lie most feasible passa passages es over th the mountains Thus it was that the central central cen cen- ral route was finally selected after a bitter fight between n the northern southern and central factions for the thi first rat transcontinental railroad DRIVE RIVE GOLDEN SPIKE IN UTAH Following a conference between President resident Lincoln and General Gren Gren- vUle tile M. M Dodge Council Bluffs was wa selected as the eastern terminus o oDe of oC the De Pacific railroad at which point connections were to tt be made with the Chicago and Northwestern from Chi Chi- ago igo The first rail ran was laid at Omaha July ly 10 1865 and by the close of or thear the track had been com corn rear ear ar 40 miles of Fighting the Indians the snows lows of winter the heat of deserts and ind ad disease the grim workers pushed forward Surveying crews graders track sick layers and even en train crews were ore attacked and slain by the reden red of theon the theTon theiron men nen en who resented the Invasion Ton iron on horse The men worked with rifle lie and pistol close b by and often under rider guard of ot troops or friendly Pawnees Pawnees 1869 On 1869 On May 10 10 1869 in eight years rears ears less time than had been al allotted al- al for the mighty project the golden jolden spike was driven at Promontory Fromon- Fromon tor tory ry 56 miles mUes northwest of Ogden Utah tah Joining the rails of the two roads ads and forming the first railroad I line DC from the Missouri river to the thc Pacific coast spanning some 1170 miles mUes lIes Boeing system planes fly within witha with with- historic spot In in a few miles mUes of this The Boeing chain of or transcontinental airports and radiophone ground stations closely parallels the Union alon Pacific lines from Chicago to ruaha However by making a beelIne bee lIne ine ie between points airplane mlle mile 1 7 p b between twe-cn twe the Golden Gate and l d I I II I I I Lake Michigan Is 1943 miles mUes while that of the railroad is 2260 miles and the Lincoln highway 2270 miles i The airplane schedule is approximately third one-third that of the extra fare fare transcontinental trains 1913 1913 The The Lincoln highway was wa projected as a memorial to the be bei beloved be- be loved president and was later com com- i as the first continuous Improved improved Improved Im im- proved road to tt be laid out from th the theto Atlantic to the Pacific first conversation was wa 1915 The 1915 The held between California and the mid mid- over direct transcontinental telephone wires 1920 May 16 16 Air Air mall mail was first first I flown lown from the Atlantic to the Pacific Pa Pa- chic seaboard the route being that of 01 the Overland trail 1924 July 1 In I-In In order to tt speed I nl night ht air mall mail service still further I flying was inaugurated Between New Neu NewYork NewYork York and San Francisco there ar are lights to guide the mall mail and passenger pas pas- passenger 1887 planes as they cross the mountains and prairies GOVERNMENT QUITS AIR ARt MAIL 1927 July 1 The Thc The government re retired retired retired re- re tired from the operation of air mail mai planes and Boeing Air transport which had been the low bidder for lot forthe forthe the carrying of air mail mall between ChIcago Chica Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o and San Francisco began flying the air mall mail over this historic route thus establishing private operation ol oi air mail service Passengers were also carried carded with the man mall making the Boeing system the first transcontinental carrier of or passengers by air 1929 May 1 An I-An An extra night transcontinental air mail schedule was added whereby air man mall is moved between New York and San in 30 hours with the loss of ot one business busIness bus bus- iness mess da day two-thirds two of the mileage being flown at night 1929 May May First First night service in ir America with motored tri eI transports operated on a schedule was inaugurated b by Boe Boc- Boeing ing Air transport between Oakland Cat Cal al arid and Salt Lake City mUes miles These flights demonstrated d the feas of 01 operating large Jarge at Airways air Air- transports night over lighted ways The night flying lying of or the Boeing passenger transports over The Trail between San Francisco and Cheyenne in both directions is said to ro be bc the worlds world's longest night flight over established airways on a a. regular regular regu regu- lar schedule 1930 1030 May Ma May BoeIng Boeing system after alter completing miles mUes of flight on the San Francisco-Chicago Francisco and Los Lor Seattle Angeles-Seattle air mail maU express and passenger routes inaugurates its 20 hour night and day San Francisco Francisco- Oakland Chicago service ice with large passenger transports f Plane passengers traveling with speed and arid comfort look down upon mountain passes waterless deserts rivers to tt ford ford mountain canyons blocked by boulders Intense heat of desert sands in summer and piercing winds and heavy snows of oC winter Illustrative of the change in transportation transportation trans trans- since the days of oC the pioneers pio plo is the airplane service ice which links Salt Lake Cit City and adjoining cities with cities In four forty states providing overnight service to ro cities at a a. distance of at 1200 miles mUes Salt SnIt Lake business people may travel to practically any city In the United States in 24 hours or less It is only 21 hours from Salt Lake City to NewYork New NewYork NewYork York 13 hours to Chicago 17 hours to Detroit and Cleveland while San Francisco is but seven and one-half one hours' hours journey Since years ago when Lewis and Clark from a point near what Is now no Council Bluffs Io Iowa a a great central cast and west travel lane the advance in civilization has brought many changes in communication communication communication cation and transportation and the climax is found in the airplane I Peaceful farms bustling little cities and the great metropolitan cent centers rs which dot the landscape on the 1943 mile mUe air span of or the Boeing Doeing system between the Golden G Gate te and Lake Michigan are a far cry from the sagebrush buffalo herds and Indian village of yesteryear |