Show Former B. B N. N S. S Student Author Of Book From The Student ai mr ivi iviA A new book recently off oft the press of oj the Arthur Aithur H. H Clark Company of ot Cleveland Ohio called The Overland Mail is from the pen of ot LeRoy liMen former student of the Bianch Normal omal B. B A. A C. C 1 The lie he book i is t v. v stor story of theP the P West est t from 1840 1849 tc t 1869 ing an analytical index early views and folding colored map showing the val various ous r routes rUtes utes from the Central West Vest to the Pacific Coast from Astoria to San Diego Dr Hafen treats the development development development develop develop- ment of the West during the two decades full of romance and from the California Gold Rush of f 49 to the completion completion completion comple comple- tion of the first transcontinental trans al railroad in 69 It was during luring these decades that the West Vest way was conquered and it was during these decades that the overland mail played its romantic yet outstanding outstanding out out- I standing role in history Among the contents of th the book are The Early Development Develop Develop- m ment nt of the Postal Service the Ocean Mail to the Pacific Coast i Pioneer Monthly Mail to the Intermountain Region The Butterfield Butterfield Butterfield But- But Overland Mail Mait The Postal Post Post- al Service as a Pioneering Agency or a Business Undertaking Undertaking the Million Mil Mit- ing the lion Dollar Mail operation fait Operation the Indian Peril the passing of the I Overland St Stage ge and the Coming in of the Railroads Dr Hafen id is at present Historian Historian Historian His His- torian of the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado I |