PAGE.
Abell, Peter T. ........................ 304, 418
"A Busy Life" ................................. x
Abbot-Downing Company ....................... 593
 --coach builders ............................ 49
 --president of the .......................... 61
 --coaches made by the ...................... 153
 --sketch of ................................ 540
 --notice of beginning business ............. 541
 --card of .................................. 543
Abilene ..................................... 398
Ackley, Burt, stage-driver .................. 272
Acknowledgments ....................... ix, x, xi
Adams, Annie G., teacher .................... 191
Adams Express Company ....................... 395
Adams, F. G. ................................ 431
 --Indian agent ............................. 191
 --mentioned ................................ 802
Adams, Henry J., of Leavenworth ............. 191
Adams, Joseph H., stage-driver .............. 272
Adams; Maj. N. A ............................ 586
Adair county, Missouri ...................... 472
Addoms, Henry. messenger ..................... 80
Addoms, Will, freighter ..................... 303
Agassiz, Louis .......................... 47, 168
Agents, names of ............................. 76
Agitation for removal of capital ............ 258
Albuquerque, N. M. ........................ 9, 19
Alderson, J. C., messenger .................. 400
Alexander, A. W. ............................ 571
Alexis, Grand Duke ........................... 33
Alkali station .............................. 113
 --five coaches leave, in a train ........... 375
Allen, Oscar, stage-driver .................. 272
All Hazard company .......................... 412
 Alta California, quoted .................. 13, 14 
"Always room for one more" .................. 512
America City ................................ 302
American Express Company .................... 395
 American Farmer, quoted ...................... 31 
Amherst College ............................. 475
Anderson, John, stage-driver ................ 272
Anderson, Martin, feet frozen ............... 586
Andreas's History of Kansas ................... x
 --of Nebraska ................................ x
"An Overland Journey" ......................... x
Antelope .................................... 113
Antietam, news of battle .................... 111
Ant-hills on the plains ..................... 339
Ants utilized on washing-days ............... 340
"Arkansas rangers" .......................... 125
"Arkansaw" -Lon Huff, stage-driver .......... 274
Armstrong, Chas.F. ........................... xi
 --driver .............................. 407, 574
Arapahoe county, Kansas ................ 152, 307
Arapahoe Indians .................... 25, 33, 255
 --a number of, lose their scalps ........... 355
Argonauts ................................... 113
Arizona ................................ 116, 473
Arizona City ................................. 15
Army, Gen. A. S. Johnston's ................. 113
Arthur, President ........................... 593
Ash Hollow Crossing ......................... 262
 --troops defeat Brule Sioux ................ 263
Ashley's expedition ......................... 475
 --discovered Great Salt Lake ............... 604
Ash Point .............................. 113, 125
Atchison Champion .................. xi, 302, 317
Atchison Globe ............................... xi

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Atchison .... 19, 23, 63, 117, 134, 303, 304, 409
 --a stage center ........................... 414
 --visited by Horace Greeley ................ 410
 --starting point for overland mail .......... 39
 --freight shipped from, 1865 ............... 418
 --starting point for overland traffic, ...... 44
 --table of distances to Placerville ........ 102
 --time coaches departed from ................ 69
Atchison Union .............................. 409
Atchison & Fort Union railway ............... 417
Atchison & Pike's Peak railroad ............. 415
 --first engine for ......................... 422
 --first passenger-train on ................. 422
 --first time-card of ....................... 422
A. T. & S. F. railroad, ground broken, ...... 100
 --early time-card of ....................... 602
Atkinson, Mrs. (see Eubanks) ................ 356
Atlantic and Pacific joined ................. 141
Aubrey, F. X., quick ride .................... 54
 --killed in New Mexico ..................... 425
"Autobiography of 'Buffalo Bill'" ............. x
Auraria, camp on Cherry creek .......... 150, 152
Ayers, Dug .................................. 570
Ayers, J. M., driver ........................ 407
                  
Babcock, George, stage-driver ............... 272
Baker, Frank, stage-driver .................. 272
Baker, J. F. ................................ 448
Baker, Joe., stage-driver ................... 272
Baker, William, stage-driver ................ 272
Baltimore ................................... 118
Bancroft. H. H. ............................... x
Bank of Enid, Okla .......................... 469
Bannock Indians ............................. 122
Bannock, fabulous gold discoveries at, ...... 323
Barbour, B. S., messenger ................... 400
Barlow & Sanderson ........... 101, 297, 570, 573
Barney, A. H., president .................... 167
Barney, D. N. ................................ 10
Barnett. Gene ................................ 60
Barrett hotel, Marysville, Kan .............. 527
Bartholow, E. M ............................. 600
Bartholow, Theo .............................. xi
Baughn, Melville, pony rider ........... 125, 127
Baumer, Colonel, at Fort Laramie ............ 355
 --hears story of Mrs. Eubanks .............. 355
Baxter, L. P., stage-driver ................. 272
Beach, A. T., paymaster ..................... 472
Beach, Thos. F., paymaster .................. 472
Beatley. Jim, pony rider .......... 127, 131, 132
Beauvais ranch ...... 85, 113, 179, 262, 263, 376
Beauvais, ---, biographical sketch of, ...... 263
Beaver Creek station ................... 128, 137
Belton Me ................................... 451
"Behold, how good," etc ..................... 511
Benham, Alex., driver and agent ........ 272, 471
Benham, William .............................. 80
Beni, Jules, who christened Julesburg, ...... 213
Bennett, Maj. Abram, Indina agent ........... 191
Berry, Joseph, stage-driver ................. 272
Berthoud Pass .......................... 165, 401
Betts, J. H., stage-driver .................. 407
Betts, John, stage-driver ................... 272
"Beyond the Mississippi" ...................... x
Big Bend of Sandy ........................... 398
Big Blue river, obstacle on the ............. 523
Big Blue stage crossing ................ 177, 517
Big Creek .............................. 398, 407

 616

Bigerstoff, Robert, stage-driver ............ 407
"Big Muddy" ................................. 123
Big Sandy ................ 72, 113, 127, 355, 511
Big Thunder, Indian chief ................... 355
Bijou creek ............................ 342, 398
Bijou ranch, thawing out at ................. 383
Bilderback, Gabe, stage-driver .............. 272
Billingsley, James, stage-driver ............ 272
Bill of fare, California, in 1850 ........... 589
Bird, John C., freighter .................... 303
Bisbee, W. H. ............................... 144
Bishop's ranch ............................... 81
Bissell, Amos ............................... 467
Bitter Creek, some account of ............... 550
Blackburn, Dunk .............................. 59
Black Canyon of the Gunnison ................ 176
Black Hawk ........................ 181, 309, 417
Black Hills ................................. 168
 --stage line ................................ 61
Black's Fork ................................ 475
Blacksmithing, high prices .................. 351
Blair, E. K. ................................ 303
Blair, Frank P. ............................. 447
Blassingame ................................. 433
Blizzard in Little Blue valley .............. 319
Blue Mound .................................. 398
Blue Valley, Indian depredations ............ 330
Bluffton .................................... 398
Bolmar, Carl P. .............................. ix
Bolmar, C. P. ................................ ix
Boone, Daniel ................................ 28
Border ruffians ............................. 411
Boston ...................................... 118
 --cost of a telegram to .................... 136
"Boston", pony express rider ................ 131
Boston Home Journal, article ................ 552
Boulder county, Colorado .................... 526
Boulton, Wm., pony express rider ....... 127, 131
Bowen, Tim, stage-driver .................... 272
Bowers, Gus, stage-driver ................... 272
Bowles, Samuel ............................... 54
Box Elder ................................... 128
Boyd. E. D. ................................. 302
Brackett, Colonel ........................... 477
Braden, John, stage-driver ............. 272, 283
Bradley, "Peg-legged" ........................ 59
Brainard, Joe, stage-driver ................. 272
Bray, E. P. ................................. 397
Breastworks, using wagons for ............... 369
Bridget, James H., pass named for; believed      
 to have been the first white man to sail     
   on Great Salt Lake: a member of General        
  Ashley's expedition, etc ... 475, 476, 477, 604
Bridgman, I. N. ............................. 303
"Brigham", stage-driver ..................... 273
Brighton .................................... 163
Brink, James W. ("Dock"), ......... 129, 131, 272
British squadron ............................ 124
Bromley, James E. ...................... 106, 447
Bross, Lieutenant-governor .................. 345
Brown Bros., freighters ................ 230, 303
Brown, James ................................ 284
Brown, Hank, stage-driver .............. 272, 556
Brown, Jesse ................................. 60
Brown, John .................. 411, 448, 429, 430
Brown, J. F. and J. S. ....................... xi
Brown, J. P., Atchison contractor ........... 424
Brown, Michael, stage-driver ................ 407
Brown, T. B. ................................. ix
Brownsville, Neb ............................ 133
Bruce, Ed., stage-driver .................... 272
Bryan, Wm. J. . ............................. 292
Bryon, Lieut., U. S. topo. engineers ........ 264
Buchanan, James ......................... 13, 111
Buck, Giles B., freighter ................... 303
Rocklin, Jimmy, pony express rider .......... 131
Buckskin Joe mining camp .................... 181
Buford, Bill ................................ 574
Buffalo ................................. 27, 113

Buffalo: -bones of ....................... 36, 37
 --last wild herd seen ....................... 30
 --on island in Flathead lake ................ 37
 --robes and hides of ........................ 32
 --team, seen in Atchison ................... 427
 --tongues, dried ............................ 31
 --wanton slaughter of ....................... 34
"Buffalo Bill" ................. 33, 60, 123, 277
 --and Pawnee soldiers ...................... 501
Buffalo creek ............................... 398
Buffalo Gap .................................. 59
Buffalo-gnats ............................... 577
"Buffalo Land" ................................ x
Buffalo ranch ............................... 256
Buffalo Springs ranch ....................... 378
Bullock John, stage-driver .................. 407
Bull train leaving Atchison ................. 421
 --on the plains ............................ 311
Burke, John M., stage-driver ........... 272, 277
Burke, Thomas, stage-driver ................. 272
Burnett Gov. Peter H. ....................... 447
Burnett: John, rider and driver ........ 131, 272
Burr conspiracy ............................. 460
Bushwackers ................................. 132
Butcher, Capt. Eph .......................... 418
Butler, Rev. Pardee, adrift on raft ......... 411
 --mentioned ................................ 434
Butler, Preston, messenger ................... 80
Butter, over one dollar a pound ............. 322
Butterfield, D. A ............. 56, 391, 394, 395
 --presented with tablet by employees, ...... 393
 --visit to Denver .......................... 399
 --visits East to interest capital .......... 396
 --ventures in the South .................... 404
 --killed by employee ....................... 404
Butterfield, John .................... 10, 13, 19
Butterfield line (southern overland .......... 39
Butterfield Overland Despatch, ....... 19, 48, 56
 --fast-freigbt line ........................ 390
 --early advertisements of ............. 392, 397
 --first train sent out ..................... 398
 --list of stations on ...................... 398
 --views of coach en route .................. 400
 --suffers from Indian raids ................ 400
 --route abandoned .......................... 401
 --consolidated with O. S. line ............. 402
 --freight abandoned on plains .............. 403
Butterfield overland mail ................... 116
Byers, Hon. W. N. .................. xi, 228, 296
 --carries news of gold discovery ........... 149
 --founder Rocky Mountain News .............. 150
                  
Cabeca, Alvar Nunez ...................... 17, 18
Cabin, Gen. W. T. Sherman's ................. 155
Cache la Poudre .............. 150, 162, 320, 352
"Calamity Jane" (Martha Canary) .............. 60
Calhoun county (Kan.) court-house ........... 438
California ............................. 113, 121
California Crossing ......................... 179
California bill of fare (1850) ......... 589, 590
California Guards ............................ 14
California mail, used for breastworks ....... 333
Callahan, --- ............................... 430
Calvert, Miss Notley Ann .................... 452
Calvert's Ferry .............................. 14
Campbell. Jack, stage-driver ................ 272
Campbell, John, stage-driver ................ 407
Campbell, Thos. A., stage-driver ............ 407
Camp Collins ........................... 311, 342
Camp Floyd ........................ 113, 461, 462
Camp Wardwell .......................... 310, 380
Canadian river .............................. 132
Canary, Martha ("Calamity Jane") ............. 60
Cape Girardeau, Mo. ......................... 473
Cape Horn, supplies shipped via ............. 138
Capon, James messenger ................... 80, 82
Carlton, George, stage-driver ............... 272
Carlisle .................................... 407
Carlyle, Alexander .......................... 312

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Carlyle, Henry ................ xi, 312, 359, 466
 --miraculous escape of ..................... 356
 --manager of freighting firm ............... 358
Carpenter, L. F. ............................ 284
Carr, R. P., stage-driver ................... 272
Carr, Wm. pony express rider ................ 131
Carrigan, Wm., Pony express rider. .......... 131
Carrigan, Billy, stage-driver ............... 272
Carrington, Colonel ......................... 243
Carruth, A. G. ............................... ix
Carson City ....................... 113,1121, 123
 -- mail-pouches for .................... 52, 588
Carson, Frank, stage-driver ................. 272
Carson, Kit ....................... 150, 456, 572
Carson river ................................ 130
Carter, Judge W. A ........................... 77
Castle Rock ................................. 407
Castle Rock creek ........................... 398
Cates, Bill, pony express rider ........ 128, 131
 Catholic Tribune, St. Joseph ................ 447 
Cavalry, escorts the mail ................... 342
 --at O'Fallon's Bluffs ..................... 375
 --the Third Wisconsin ...................... 523
Centennial Exposition ....................... 347
Centoria, name changed ...................... 236
 --sod building at .......................... 241
Central California overland route, ....... 22, 42
Central City ........................... 181, 309
Central Pacific R. R., building of, .... 138, 140
 Central Star of Empire newspaper, ........ x, 258 
 Century Magazine .............................. x 
Chalk Bluff ............................ 398, 407
Challiss, L. C. ............................. 431
Chamberlain, Rev. Mr ........................ 566
 Champion, the Atchison ...................... 598 
Chapman's creek ............................. 398
Chase, Gideon O, ....................... 409, 428
Cheevers, Tom, stage-driver ................. 272
Cherokee City post-office ................... 350
Cherokee trail .......................... 92, 350
Cherry Creek gold diggings ........ 149, 151, 307
 --great flood in ........................... 164
 --Cherry Creek Pioneer ..................... 172
Cherry Valley ............................... 398
Cheyenne agency ............................. 354
Cheyenne Indians .......... 25, 33, 123, 236, 255
Cheyenne and Sioux war ...................... 497
Cheyenne Wells .............................. 398
Chicago ................................ 118, 130
Chicago Times ............................ 1, 260
Chimney Rock ...................... 113, 127, 587
China and England, war of ................... 124
Chin-music, bombarding with string of, ...... 514
Chivington, Col. J. M. ...................... 353
Choctaw Nation ............................... 14
Chorponing, W. G. ............................ 40
Chorpening, George .......................... 607
Cincinnati Commercial ....................... 156
Cincinnati Times ............................ 260
Clampitt, John M. ............................. x
Clardy, Joshua E. ........................... 528
Clark, Ad., engineer on H. & St. J. R. R., ... 42
Clark, Charles, stage-driver ................ 407
Clark, Geo. T. .............................. 399
Clark, Jimmy, pony express rider, ...... 128, 131
Clark, John H. ................ xi, 198, 264, 587
Clark, Lenore ................................ ix
Clark, P. B. ................................ 593
Clark, Tom .................................. 597
Clark, Gruber & Co., bankers ................ 230
Clarke, Joe ................................. 144
Clarke, J. R., stage-driver ................. 407
Clement, Stephen, messenger .................. 80
Cleveland "Jayhawker" .................. 411, 413
Cliff, Charles, pony express rider .......... 131
Cliff, Gus., pony express rider ............. 131
Clinton House, Indianola .................... 394
Coast Stage Company ......................... 291
Coburn, Paul ................................ 435
Cochran, A. P. .............................. 298

Cochran, Chas. F., senator .................. 298
Cochran, W.A., stage driver ........ xi, 272, 298
Cock, Geo. E. ............................... 404
Coe, Earl B. .................................. x
Coe, Phil., a frontier desperado ............ 147
C. O. C. & P. P. Express ........... 41, 414, 446
 --bought by Holladay ........................ 70
 --advertisement of ......................... 107
 --express charges by ....................... 163
 --dispatches carried by .................... 172
Cody, Col. W. F ........ x, 33, 34, 131, 272, 572
 ---pony express rider ...................... 129
 --commands a band of scouts ................ 501
 --Wild West, show .......................... 583
Coffee, one dollar per pound ................ 322
Cold Springs tragedy ......................... 60
 --station and coaches ...................... 375
Cole, A. S., messenger ...................... 400
Coleclesser, Austin ......................... 574
Colfax, Hon. Schuyler ....................... 608
College students ............................ 511
Collier, Shade, stage-driver ................ 272
Collins, John, stage-driver ................. 272
Collins, Lieutenant ......................... 389
Colona, first town in north Colorado ........ 349
Colorado ............................... 123, 135
 --last trip to Denver ...................... 382
 --first census taken of .................... 161
 --early history of ......................... 161
 --"100-days-ers"-- Captain Morgan .......... 340
 --pioneers, tribute to ..................... 175
 --provisions scarce in ..................... 337
 --staging in .......................... 101, 570
Colorado Central railroad ................... 181
Comanches ................................... 123
Commerce on the Platte paralyzed ............ 371
 Commonwealth, Denver ........................ 231 
Comstock, Bill, scout .................. 354, 456
Comstock mines ............................... 51
Comstock's ranch ............................ 364
Concord stage-coaches ................... 57, 514
 --history of ................................ 58
Cone, John P. ................................ xi
Conkling, Roscoe, visits Denver ............. 168
Connell Creek ............................... 398
Connelley, Wm. E. ..................... viii, 451
Cooke, Lieutenant Colonel ................... 477
Cooke, Col. Philip St. George ............... 607
Coon Creek .................................. 398
Corbett, Billy, stage-driver ................ 272
Corn dodgers ................................ 416
Cornforth boys, merchant .................... 230
Coronado ................................. 17, 18
 Cosmopolitan, The ............................. x 
Cottonwood Springs, ..... 113, 127, 134, 208, 310
 --delayed mail and passengers leave, ....... 374
 --way pouch for ............................. 52
 --ludicrous scene at ........................ 89
 --logs hauled from .......................... 94
 --first building erected, etc. ............. 499
Cottrill, W. H., superintendent ............. 167
Council Bluffs ............................... 18
Council Grove ................................. 4
Court-house Rock ....................... 113, 587
Craig, D., stage-driver ................ 272, 407
Craig station ............................... 207
Craig, Gen. James ........................... 361
Crall, Jesse ................................ 431
Crane & Co ................................... xi
Crawford, D. C. ............................. 572
Creighton, Edward ...................... 133, 473
Creighton, Mr., agent ........................ 76
Cripple Creek, early staging in ............. 571
Crook, General ............................... 60
Crockett, Davy .............................. 543
"Cross-eyed John", stage-driver ............. 273
Cummings, Enoch ............... xi, 272, 280, 523
 --in an Indian fight ....................... 367
Curtis, Bob, stage-driver ................... 272
Custer, Gen. Geo. A ......................... 312

 618

Dahler, C. L. ................................ 76
Dana, Charles A. ............................ 602
Dances along the "Overland" .................. 67
Daniel's Ranch .......................... 52, 201
Davis, C. Wood .............................. 600
Davis, M. B. ................................ 243
Davis, Scott ................................. 59
Davis, Wm. A ................................ 565
Deadwood, coach and mail ............. 58, 59, 51
Decatur, "Commodore" Stephen ................ 345
Deer ........................................ 113
Delaware, steamboat ......................... 413
Denman, H. B. ............................... 428
"Denmark, something rotten in" .............. 343
Dennison & Brown, Freighters ................ 303
Denver, Hon. James ..................... 150, 447
Denver, Colo ............. 23, 227, 309, 398, 456
 --telegraph completed to ................... 136
 --express charges to ....................... 163
 --fare to, by stage ................. 42, 50, 64
 --first stage to enter ..................... 163
 --first telegraph office ................... 163
 --first railway train to ................... 166
 --first Pullman car to ..................... 168
 --bird's-eye view of in 1859. .............. 169
 --first Concord stage to ................... 179
 --era of staging in ........................ 180
 --H. O. M. and express office at ........... 181
 --mail for ........................ 52, 382, 588
 --stage starts for Topeka ................... 55
 --"cut-off" toll-road built ........... 135, 380
 --newspapers mentioned ...................... xi
 -- "the gentleman from" .................... 508
 --unprecedented growth of .................. 526
Denver & Rio Grande railroad ........... 175, 467
Denver, South Park & Pacific railway, ....... 467
Deposit, N. Y. .............................. 134
  Deseret News, The ............................. x 
Desert, the Great American ................... 17
Des Moines river ............................ 461
Dewey, Ed ................................... 574
Diamond Springs ............................. 113
Diamonds, "Friday" tells of ................. 348
Dickey, Dave, messenger ...................... 80
Dickie, W. G. ................................ ix
Dinman, David ............................... 284
Dinsmore, Wm. B. ............................. 10
"Dirty Woman's Ranch" ....................... 243
Distances, Atchison to Placerville .......... 102
Divisions of the Overland route .............. 79
'Dobe buildings ............................. 221
Dobytown ...................... 50, 201, 207, 243
Doc. Billy, Indian chief .................... 355
Documents, Public, used to build roads, ...... 73
Dodge, G. M., Maj. Gen ...................... 373
Dogtown ...................... 203, 209, 240, 247
Dolan, W. F. ................................. xi
Doniphan, Colonel ........................... 443
Doniphan, Hon. John ....................... x, 77
Doniphan, John, article by .................. 447
Doniphan's regiment ......................... 345
Douglas, James, stage-driver ................ 272
Douglas, Jim ................................ 201
Downard, Ed., stage-driver .................. 272
Downer, ................................. 98, 407
Downie, M. M., stage-driver ................. 272
Downing. L. jr. .............................. xi
Doy, John ................................... 448
Drake, Frank, stage-driver .................. 407
Dried-apple pies ............................. 97
Drivers on the "Overland" ............ vi, 70, 88
Dubois ...................................... 398
Dubois, Fred ................................ 291
Durant, vice-president of U. P. Rly ......... 140
"Dutch Henry," stage-driver ................. 272
Dyche, Prof. L. L. ........................... 29
Dye, Gen. W. ................................ 448
                  
Eastern newspapers on tissue paper .......... 122
Eastin, Kan. ................................ 155

Eaton ....................................... 398
Eaton, Benj. H., pioneer at Greeley ......... 324
Eaton, Col. Isaac E. ......... 359, 393, 395, 396
Edwards, J. H. .............................. 601
"Echoes from the Rocky Mountains" ............ x
Egan, Major, Pony rider ..................... 131
Eggs, $1.50 per dozen ....................... 322
Ellifrit, R. T., messenger ................... 80
Ellis, J. K., pony rider .................... 131
Elliott, L. R. ............................... xi
Ellsworth .............................. 134, 398
Elm Creek statiom ........................... 256
El Paso, Tex. ........................ 10, 15, 51
Emery, Charies N. ............................ xi
 --driver and station keeper, ..... 272, 279, 280
Emery, Corl, stage-driver ................... 272
Emery, Mrs. Mary ............................. xi
Emery, Robert, stage-driver ............ 132, 272
 --saves a load of passengers ............... 364
 --eulogized as a silent hero ............... 365
Emery, Willis ............................... 144
England and China war. ...................... 124
Enos, Jim, stage-driver ................ 272, 556
Equipment of overland route .................. 74
Estill, Col. J. M. .......................... 447
Eubanks, Joe, stage-driver ............. 272, 353
Eubanks, Mrs., taken captive ................ 353
Eubanks's ranch ............................. 364
Evans, ---- ................................. 319
Evans, John ................................. 612
Evans, William, stage driver ................ 272
 Everybody's Magazine, article ............... 147 
Exchange hotel, Atcbison .................... 410
Experience with bronchos at Latham, ......... 266
Expedition to shorten route ................. 302
Expedition to survey Smoky Hill route, ...... 395
Express charges on the" Overland" ............ 69
Express companies press Holladay ............ 404
                  
Fabulous wealth, "Friday" tells of .......... 348
Facing a genuine blizzard ................... 378
Fairplay, stage trip to ..................... 181
Family returning to "the States" ............ 257
Fares on the "Overland" ...................... 64
Fargo, Wm. G, ................................ 10
Farrell, Ed. ................................ 200
Farrell's ranch ............................. 127
Faust, H. J., Pony rider .................... 131
Feast "good enough for a king" .............. 378
Ferry House, hotel at Laporte ............... 351
Ficklin, Benj. F. ................. 157, 159, 219
 --engaged for pony express ................. 106
 --appoints Slade division agent ............ 216
"Fiddler Jim," stage-driver ................. 274
First daily mail on central route ........... 264
First Methodist Church at Marysville, ....... 520
First newspaper at Fort Kearney ............. 262
First state legislature ..................... 423
First trip of Pony express .................. 118
"Fish Creek Bill," stage-driver ............. 274
Fish, Ed., stage-driver ..................... 407
Fisher, John, Pony rider .................... 131
Fisher, Rev. C. W., in Denver ............... 170
Frankfort, KY ............................... 460
 Frank Leslie's Illustrated .................. 314 
Fleas, as against lice ...................... 604
Flemming, O. J. ............................. 469
Flour hiqh cost of .......................... 837
Flowers, Lieutenant ......................... 277
Fogg, Wm. H. ................................ 404
Folsom ...................................... 113
Food supply diminishing ..................... 376
Foote - see Beatley, Jim.
Forsha, Harry...............................  574
Forsha, John T., stage-driver ............... 272
Forsythe's Creek ............................ 398
Fort Belknap, Tex ............................ 14
Fort Bridger .... 1, 2, 39, 52, 92, 113, 242, 588
 --telegraph office opened at ............... 135
 --stage route intersects old road .......... 361