623 

Merrick, Jack ............................... 172
Mers, W. L. ................................. 284
Merwin, Fred., messenger ............... 400, 401
Mesilla, Ariz ................................ 15
Messenger coach .............................. 69
Messenger sees and kills snakes ........ 250, 251
 --learns to sleep while riding .............. 89
 --number of, on the "Overland" .............. 79
 --those on the "Overland" ............... 79, 84
Meteor, Missouri river steamer .............. 430
Methodists, all good ........................ 566
Mexico ....................................... 17
Midway station .................... 113, 128, 208
Miles, S. B. ................................. 40
Military posts .............................. 113
Military road laid out ...................... 498
Milken, Robert, stage-driver ................ 407
Millar, Richard, P. R. .............. 80, 81, 495
Millar, Win. L. H., messenger ....... xi, 80, 495
Miller, A. B. .......................... 106, 119
Milne House, Indianola ...................... 158
 Miners' Record .............................. 173 
Mirage, described ...................... 251, 252
Missouri .................................... 116
 Missouri Commonwealth, extract ................ 4 
 Missouri Democrat ...................... 166, 313 
Missouri-Kansas border strife ............... 467
Missouri Pacific railroad .............. 154, 603
 Missouri Republican ......................... 313 
Missouri river .................... 113, 115, 135
Mitchell, Tom, stage-driver ................. 272
Mitchell, Brigadier General ................. 373
Mobley, Seth P. ............................. 262
Moffat, Hon. D. H. jr. ...................... 230
Mojave desert ................................ 15
Monk, Hank ................................... 54
Montana Post ................................ 464
Montgomery, Ala . ........................... 467
Monument .................................... 398
Monument station, Indian fight at ........... 367
Moody, David stage-driver ................... 272
Moonlight, Col. Thomas ...................... 587
Moore brothers, of Washington ranch, ........ 384
Moore, Jim, pony rider ............ 128, 131, 386
Moore, John C., mayor of Denver ............. 170
Moore, Webb, stage-driver ................... 272
Moore & Walker .............................. 290
Moorhouse, Wm., messenger ................... 400
Morgan, W. Y. ................................ ix
Mormons ............................ 39, 113, 118
Mormon capital, mentioned ................... 134
 --stars and stripes unfurled in the ........ 141
Mormon Grove ........................... 159, 191
Mormon rebellion ............................ 226
Morris, Richard B. .......................... 417
Morrow, Jack, ranch of ...................... 208
Morton, J. Sterling, owner coach ........ xi, 575
Morton, J. Sterling, owner coach ........ xi, 575
Mosier, William, stage-driver ............... 272
Mott, Ira, stage-driver ..................... 272
Motter, Milt, stage-driver ............. 127, 272
Muddy station, established .................. 258
Mud Springs ............................ 113, 127
Murphy, Tom ................................. 409
Murray, Jonas, stage-driver ................. 272
Muscotah .................................... 302
                  
Narrow escape from accident ................. 248
"Narrows," map of ........................... 132
National hotel, Atchison .................... 424
Nebraska ................................ 24, 123
Nebraska City ............................... 452
Ne-bras-ka, Indian for Platte river ......... 243
Nebraska Volunteers, First Regiment, ........ 242
Neiderhouse, stage-driver ................... 272
Neill, Captain .............................. 221
Nevada ................................. 115, 130
New England ................................. 475
 --early staging in ......................... 594
Newkirk, T., stage-driver ................... 407
New Lucy, steamboat ......................... 413

New Madrid, Mo. ............................. 473
New Mexico ........................ 116, 456, 473
New style howitzer, Washington ranch, ....... 385
Newspapers, demand for ...................... 313
New Washington ......................... 259, 260
New York ............................... 117, 121
 --newspapers ................................. x
Nichols, Chauncy . .......................... 572
Nichols, E. P., driver ....... 272, 287, 288, 585
Nicollet, M. ................................. 27
Nine-mile Ridge ............................. 256
Nolly, Paul, stage-driver. .................. 272
North, Captain. ............................. 389
North, Maj. Frank ........................... 501
Northwestern Stage Company ............. 138, 291
Norway ...................................... 302
                  
Oak Grove station ................... 23, 24, 256
Oakland ..................................... 117
Oakley, Thomas, stage-driver ........... 272, 582
O'Brien, General ............................ 515
O'Fallon's Bluffs ................. 113, 211, 247
 --accident to stage near ................... 182
 --soldiers stationed at .................... 375
Ogalalla Sioux camp ......................... 237
Oketo .................................. 520, 521
Oketo cut-off ........... 200, 517, 519, 522, 523
"Old Bob Ridley" ............................ 193
Old California Crossing ..................... 262
Oldham, Billy, stage-driver ................. 272
Old Santa Fe trail ............................ 4
Old Tecumseh, a buffalo ...................... 29
Omaha ............................. 125, 133, 134
Omaha Bee ............................... xi, 243
Omaha, steamboat ....................... 409, 470
Omaha, telegraph westward from .............. 133
One drink only, on the stage line ........... 507
"One-eyed Tom," stage driver ................ 273
Opdyke, Bill ................................ 556
Ophir Farm, on the Hudson ................... 452
Oregon route, the old ....................... 239
Orr, Matt., stage driver .................... 272
Osawkee, Kan ................................ 155
Otis, George K. ............................. 439
 --general superintendent ............... 79, 350
 --secretary of stage company ............... 166
 --auditor and purchaser of supplies, ....... 471
Otoe Indians ................................ 243
Otoe reserve ................................ 520
Overland and Dutch Flat road ................ 290
Overland City (old Julesburg) .......... 134, 215
Overland freighting .................... 135, 301
Overland line, time on ....................... 56
 --incidents of the ......................... 497
 --difficult task at Latham ................. 324
 --time of, on southern route ................ 98
 --several tons of mail accumulate .......... 333
Overland Mail Company ................... 99, 289
Overland route, description of, etc. ......... 71
 --elevations along .......................... 88
 --Government decides to open ............... 312
 --how divided and officered ................. 76
 --of a crescent form ........................ 70
 --last trip on the ......................... 371
 --fare to various points .................... 50
 --office of, at Denver ..................... 164
 --remarks about ............................. 99
 --reopening, the line ...................... 371
 --through Kansas and Nebraska .............. 498
Overland stage parade at Atchison ........... 437
Overland steam wagon .............. 430, 431, 432
Overland trail, the great ................... 517
Owens, D. B., stage-driver .................. 407
Owyhee mines ................................ 471
Ozark mountains .............................. 14
                  
Pacific Mail Company ........................ 122
Pacific ocean ............................... 115
Pacific telegraph ............ 115, 117, 125, 133
 134, 125, 137, 163

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Pacific railroad, first fast train.. ........ 142
 Palmetto Kansan ............................. 528 
Palmetto Town Company ....................... 528
Park, H. Clay ................................ xi
Parker, A. S. ..................... 284, 285, 431
Parker V. W. ................................. xi
Parks, Chas., stage-driver ............. 272, 284
Parks, Jim, stage-driver .................... 272
Patterson, Thos. M., editor ................. 457
 --tribute to memory of Alex. Majors, ....... 457
Patterson & Gleen ........................... 289
Pawnee Indians ................. 24, 33, 237, 497
 --band of 300, as soldiers ................. 501
Pawnee Ranch station ........................ 256
Pawnees and Sioux deadly enemies ............ 500
Payne, Charles, stage-driver ................ 407
Pease, Robert L. ......................... xi, 76
 --pioneer of Atchison ...................... 465
 --sketch of life ........................... 466
Perkins, Josh, pony express rider ........... 131
Perry, Charles A ............................ 448
Perry, Thomas, station keeper ............... 190
Peter, T. J. ........................... 601, 602
Peters, J. C., freighter .................... 303
Pettis county, Missouri ..................... 157
Philadelphia ................................ 118
Phillips, Wm. A. ............................ 246
Philosophy, sample of, on Bitter creek, ..... 552
Pies, dried-apple ............................ 97
Pike, Col. Zebulon M. ............... 18, 27, 149
Pike's Peak gold region ...... 151, 180, 307, 526
Pillow, General, closely pressed ............ 473
Pilot Knob, Mo. ............................. 473
 --Indians give signals from. ............... 220
Pinkham, Jo ................................. 292
Pioneer days full of excitement .............. 57
Pioneer stage line ....................... 51, 56
Pioneers, some of the old ones .............. 455
Piute Indians ............................... 122
 --Colonel Lander's fight ................... 474
Placerville, Cal ....................... 113, 116
 --called "Hangtown" ........................ 589
 --distance of, from Atchison ................ 61
 --fare to, by stage ..................... 50, 64
 --mail for ................................. 588
 --table of distances from Atchison ......... 102
Plains, first trip across ................... 189
Planter's hotel, Atchison ................... 424
Planter's hotel, Leavenworth ................ 153
Planter's House, Denver ........... 168, 228, 232
Platt, Mrs. E. G. ........................... 243
Platt, Thad., messenger on B. O. D. ......... 400
 Platte Argus ................................ 409 
Platte river ........................... 113, 233
 --ranches vacated along the ................ 342
 --Artemus Ward's reference to .............. 245
 --Bill Nye's reference to .................. 245
 --Washington Irving's reference to ......... 245
Platte route, Indians hold possession, ...... 341
 --stages change to ......................... 157
 --trouble with Indiana ..................... 500
Platte Valley, steamer ...................... 410
Plum Creek .................... 113, 135,207, 236
 --Indian excitement at ..................... 335
 --a number killed at ....................... 312
 --favored spot for buffalo ................. 499
Plumb, Col. Preston B. ...................... 585
 --march up the Platte ...................... 566
Poker and old sledge ........................ 509
Pollinger, E. M., driver ........ xi, 80, 82, 272
Polo, Marco ................................. 105
Pomeroy, Samuel C. .......................... 411
 --elected U. S. senator .................... 423
 --telegraphs congratulations ............... 428
Pond Creek .................................. 398
Pony express ................................. 19
 --history of ............................... 105
 --establishment of ......................... 108
 --equipment of ............................. 108
 --first trip ............................... 108

Pony express:
 --quick trips .............................. 112
 --kind of horses used ...................... 112
 --riders .............................. 115, 117
 --time schedule ............................ 116
 --first trip ............................... 118
 --pay of the riders ........................ 123
 --carry British war dispatch ............... 124
Pool, William, stage-driver ................. 407
Poole, Jabe, stage-driver ................... 272
Pope, General. ......................... 243, 473
Pope Leo, in old coach ....................... 61
Porter, Henry M. ........................ xi, 163
 --sketch of his life ....................... 472
Portland .................................... 117
Post-office department ...................... 115
Poteet, Miss Grace .......................... 457
Powder and lead in demand ................... 333
Powers & Newman, freighters ................. 367
Prairie-dogs ................................ 503
 --fun for sportsmen ........................ 504
 --playing with a pet ....................... 505
 --a few located in Lawrence ................ 506
Prairie du Chien. Wis. ...................... 460
Prairie feathers for bedding ................ 338
Prairie fire ................................ 544
Preston, Tex ................................. 10
Price, Bill .............................. 59, 60
Price, Judge ................................ 565
Puffenberger, John, stage-driver ............ 272
Purcell, P. K., freighter ................... 303
                  
Queen City of the Plains .................... 180
Quindaro .................................... 410
Quinn, Jim, stage-driver .................... 272
Quivera ...................................... 17
                  
Raccoon agency .............................. 461
Railroad, first in Kansas ................... 413
 --Hannibal & St. Joseph ................. 42, 44
 --Union Pacific ............................. 48
 --Missouri Pacific ......................... 603
 --Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe .............. 601
 --Denver & Rio Grande ...................... 175
Ralph, Leonard, stage-driver ................ 407
Ranahan, Tommy, stage-driver ................ 272
Ranchmen flee for their lives ............... 372
Rand, Theodore, pony express rider, .... 128, 131
Randolph, G. C., acknowledgment ............. 365
Rattlesnake oil ............................. 579
"Rattlesnake Pete," stage-driver ............ 273
Ray county, Missouri ........................ 526
Read, J. C. ................................. 564
Reader Samuel J. ............................. xi
Recollections of early Atchison ............. 409
Red Buttes .................................. 130
Red Canon .................................... 59
Red Cloud ................................... 389
"Red Horse," stage-driver ................... 273
Red-legged locusts .......................... 337
Reid, Whitelaw, buys Ophir Farm ............. 452
Reisner, Henry, freighter ................... 303
Remarks of stage-drivers .................... 378
 Republic, St. Louis ........................... x 
Republican river ............................ 156
Revival, an old-fashioned ................... 510
Reynolds, William, superintendent ........... 360
Rice, Dan, stage-driver ..................... 272
Richards, Hugo, agent ................... 76, 472
Richardson, Albert D., .. x, 40, 54,154, 231, 410
Richardson, Johnson, pony rider ............. 131
Riddle,, Dick, stage-driver ................. 272
Right of way, a dispute over ................ 516
Riles, Bart., pony rider .................... 131
Rising, Don C., pony express rider, .... 127, 131
Rising, N. H., pioneer and surveyor ......... 191
Robinson Edward, stage-driver ............... 272
Rock Creek ................... 113, 125, 127, 129
Rock Island road ............................ 469
Rocky Mountain mail-coach ................... 453

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Rocky Mountain News ........... xi, 136, 164, 172
 228, 231, 330
 --view of office, 1859 ..................... 174
 --swept away by flood ...................... 324
 -- quotation from the ...................... 528
Rocky Mountains ........................ 113, 226
Rocky Ridge division ................... 480, 481
 --road, up Lodge Pole creek ................. 65
"Rocky" Thomas, station keeper .............. 343
Rodgers, John, messenger ..................... 80
Rodgers. Philip, messenger ................... 80
Roff, Harry, first rider, pony exp., ... 110, 131
Rohr, Clem ................................... xi
Root, Frank A ........................... vii, 80
 --first adventure of, with Indians .......... 24
 --last herd of wild buffalo . ............... 30
 --watched while opening mails ............... 53
 --appointed express messenger .............. 189
 --appointed mail agent at Latham ........... 318
 --portrait of, taken in 1863 ............... 319
 --rides in a shaker head-dress ............. 582
 --souvenirs of "Overland" .................. 583
 --duties at Latham station ................. 589
 --on the plains ............................ 614
Roper & Nesbit .............................. 303
Roswell, Caleb R., stage-driver ............. 272
Rough experience ............................ 554
"Roughing It" ................................. x
"Rowdy Pete," stage-driver .................. 273
Ruby Valley ................................. 113
Rushville, Mo. .............................. 125
Russell, "Pap," stage-driver ................ 272
Russell, William H. .................... 106, 107
 --has a lively experience .................. 361
Russell, Majors & Waddell, ..... 3, 119, 308, 446
Ruthton ..................................... 398
Ryan, Tommy, stage-driver .............. 272, 299
                  
Sac and Fox Indians ......................... 461
Sacramento .............. 113, 116, 117, 121, 128
 --Bee ....................................... xi
 --river .................................... 121
 --Valley ................................... 116
Sacrilegious crowd .......................... 511
St. Charles, on Cherry creek ................ 150
St. Joseph ..... 18, 113, 116, 121, 125, 128, 131
 --starting point of overland mail, ...... 39, 44
 --starting point of pony express ............ 44
 --newspapers ................................ xi
St. Joseph & Atchison railroad ......... 416, 417
St. Louis, Mo. ............. 9, 10, 116, 117. 118
 --arrival of first overland mail in ......... 11
St. Mary's, Kan. ............................ 155
St. Vrain, prospecting about ................ 150
Salem, Mass ................................. 475
Salina, Kan ............................ 143, 398
Salt Lake ........................... 18, 19, 604
Salt Lake Tribune ............................. x
Salt Lake City,  39, 113, 116, 122, 123, 128, 163
 --fare to, by stage ......................... 50
 --mail for ............................. 52, 588
 --first message from ....................... 137
 --Wells-Fargo stage office ................. 187
Salt Lake valley ....................... 116, 475
Sand Creek battle ........................... 353
Sand-flies .................................. 577
Sanders, Jim ................................ 150
Sanderson, J. L. & Co ....................... 101
San Diego, overland mail to .................. 51
San Francisco ........ 7, 113, 116, 117, 121, 125
 --arrival of first overland mail in ......... 13
 --mail for ............................. 52, 588
 --daily papers ............................. 122
 --first dispatch from ...................... 138
 --Bulletin .................................. 43
 --Examiner .................................. xi
Sangre do Cristo mountains .................. 347
Santa Fe, N. M. ......................... 54, 456
 --Herald ................................... 425
Santa Fe route, history of .................. 601

Sarsfield, Ed., stage-driver ................ 407
Sayrs, Henry M. .............................. 80
Scott, Andrew, stage-driver ................. 407
Scott, R. K. ................................ 564
Scott's Bluffs ......................... 113, 131
 Scribner's Magazine ........................... x 
Scudder, John ............................... 106
Senan, Andrew, stage-driver ................. 407
Seneca, Kan. ................. 113, 125, 127, 195
Sensations of first ride on stage. ........... 66
Seventeen-mile Point ........................ 236
"Seventy Years on the Frontier" ............. 457
Sewell, Robt., stage-driver ................. 272
 --exciting chase on plains ................. 192
 --"Old Bob Ridley" ......................... 193
Shakespear, A. D. ............................ 76
"Shanghai," original, Ingalls's Shang, ...... 606
Shaw, James, pioneer Methodist .............. 434
Shelden, Henry, telegraph operator .......... 134
Sherman, Gen. W. T. .................... 243, 593
 --visits Denver ............................ 168
Sherman, John ............................... 440
Sherman, highest point on railroad .......... 139
Shoemaker, Al., stage-driver ................ 272
Shoemaker, R. H. ............................ 601
Shorey, Ezra, stage-driver .................. 272
Shorey, S. F., stage-driver ................. 272
Shoshones .............................. 122, 130
Sibley, --- . . .............................. 18
Sibley, Hiram ............................... 133
Sierra Nevadas .................... 116, 117, 138
 --summit of ................................ 139
Silver bars sent by mail ..................... 52
Silver Lake, Kan . .......................... 155
Simonton, J. W. ......................... 43, 446
Simonton & Smith, freighters ................ 353
Simpson, R. D. .............................. 457
Sinclair, Johnny ............................ 132
Sink of the Carson .......................... 116
Sioux Indians ............. 24, 33, 131, 255, 497
Sioux and Cheyennes ......................... 515
Slade, Jack ....................... 106, 218, 478
 --mentioned by "Mark Twain" ................ 481
 --wears Jules's ear for a charm ............ 217
Slapjacks, stopping a run of ................ 585
Slaughter, John .............................. 59
"Slavery," on post at state line ............ 600
Sleeping on the snow ........................ 379
Small-pox passenger ......................... 507
Smart, Sam, stage-driver .................... 272
Smiley, Jerome C. ............................. x
"Smiling Tom," stage-driver ................. 273
Smith, Con, stage-driver .................... 272
 --biographical sketch of .............. 293, 294
Smith, Dan, stage-driver .................... 272
Smith, Elias, stage-driver .................. 272
Smith, G. W., captain of gold seekers ....... 149
Smith, John E. .......................... xi, 196
Smith, Peter, stage-driver .................. 272
Smith, William, stage-driver ................ 272
Smith's hotel, Seneca, Kan. ............ 195, 197
Smithsonian Institution ...................... 62
Smoky Hill Indian fight ..................... 365
Smoky Hill river ............................ 156
Smoky Hill route ................. 19, 45, 55, 56
 --stage stock moved over to the ............ 366
 --Butterfield's Overland Despatch .......... 391
Smoky Hill Spring ........................... 398
Snell, Ed., stage-driver .................... 272
Snow blockade on U. P. R. R. ................ 463
Snow, roads drifted full of ................. 382
Snowy Range, storm in summer ................ 329
Sod buildings at Fort Kearney ................ 65
Soda Springs ................................ 474
Soldier creek ............................... 155
Solomon river .......................... 156, 398
Song of the overland stage-driver, ..... 464, 465
South Platte crossing .................. 264, 265
 --glorious sight down the .................. 384
 --a collision .............................. 514

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South Fork .................................. 113
South Pass .............................. 11, 113
Souvenirs cut from dead Indians ............. 379
Souvenirs of the "Overland" ................. 583
Spaulding, H. J. ............................ 107
Speer, John ................................. 277
Spencer, Hamilton ............................ 10
Spencer, Samuel, stage-driver ............... 272
Split Rock .................................. 277
Spotswood, R. J., messenger ........ 80, 467, 555
 --supt., opening a new line ................ 580
Spotswood, Bogue & Co. ...................... 180
Spring Creek ................................ 398
Spring Hill station ......................... 137
Springfield, Mo. ............................. 14
Spurr, George, pony express rider, ..... 128, 131
 Squatter Sovereign .......................... 434 
Squaw Gap .................................... 59
Stafford, Henry, stage-driver ............... 407
Stage-coach on icy hill ..................... 328
Stage-drivers .......................... 267, 300
 --on Smoky Hill route ...................... 407
Stage line, cost of removal ................. 359
 --eastern part abandoned ................... 366
 --preparations for restocking the .......... 373
Stage route, cost to change ................. 361
Stages, first on overland route .............. 43
 --200 miles with single team ............... 373
 --lines of, in Colorado .................... 101
 --in New England ........................... 594
Stage statioris burned by Indians ........... 256
Staked Plains ................................ 15
Stanford, Governor .......................... 140
Stansbury, ----- ............................. 18
   State Journal, Topeka ........................ ix 
Stations on "Overland," number of, ........... 64
 --construction of ........................... 65
 --between Atchison and Denver ............... 93
 --burned by Indians ........................ 122
 --along the Platte ......................... 500
Steamer ..................................... 113
Stebbins, Geo. I., freighter ................ 303
Stebbins & Porter ................. 230, 303, 473
Steck, Judge ................................ 466
Steed, Ben., stage-driver ................... 272
Steele, Capt. James W. ....................... xi
Stein, Nat messenger ................. xi, 76, 80
 --sketch of his life ....................... 464
Sterling, Ed, stage-driver ............. 272, 278
Stevens, A. D., messenger ................... 400
Stevenson, Hughey ............................ 60
Stewart, Art ................................ 574
Stewart, Jim ........................... 272, 555
Stewart, Tom, stage-driver .................. 272
Stockton, Cal. ............................. 5, 6
Stormy Hollow ............................... 407
Street, David .......... vi, x, 51, 354, 455, 463
 --superintendent of stage company .......... 166
 --narrow escape of ......................... 356
 --testifies of losses by stage company, .... 360
 --biographical sketch .................. 460-462
 --auditor and paymaster .................... 472
Street, Gen. Joseph M. ...................... 460
Street, James, constructs telegraph ......... 473
Stringfellow, Gen. B. F. ............... 418, 447
Stringfellow, John H. ....................... 304
Strong, Jud., messenger ...................... 80
Sullivan, hold-up by ........................ 146
Summit station .............................. 202
Sumner ...................................... 411
Sumner, Col. E. V. .......................... 299
Swan, Nate, stage driver .................... 272
Sweetwater, the ............................. 129
Sydenham, M. H. ............ ix, x, 133, 233, 236
 --store and residence of ................... 238
 --agitation for removal of capital ......... 258
 --a buffalo hunt ........................... 591
                  
Table of distances, Atchison to Placerville . 102

Tandy, Si ................................... 574
Tarantula juice, a drink of ................. 513
Tarryall, home of Miners' Record ............ 173
Taylor, ----- ............................... 246
Taylor, Bayard, writer and traveler ......... 172
Taylor, Ed .................................. 574
Taylor, George, stage-driver ................ 272
Teachenor-Bartberger Engraving Co ............ ix
Telegram, cost of, in early days ............ 136
Telegraph, first messages at Atchison ....... 428
 --first in Kansas and Nebraska ............. 426
 --Indiana seldom molested .................. 342
Texas ....................................... 116
Thacher, George, pony express rider ......... 131
The Great Salt Lake Mail ...................... 1
 The Highlander .............................. 475 
"The Narrows," map of ....................... 364
"The Undeveloped West" ........................ x
Thirty-two Mile Creek ........ 113, 125, 202, 258
Thirty-mile Ridge ........................... 113
Thomann, Joseph, portrait of ................ 198
Thomas, Chester, jr., messenger .............. 80
 --sketch of his life ....................... 470
Thomas, Frank S .............................. xi
Thomas, Reub. S., stage-driver .............. 272
Thomas, "Rocky," good joke on ............... 343
Thompson, tributary Cache la Poudre, ........ 322
Thompson, Geo. B. ........................... 201
Thompson, J. H. ............................. 416
Thompson & Chrisman, store of ............... 376
Thorne, A ................................... 222
Three Crossings. ....................... 129, 277
Thumb, Gen. Tom .............................. 49
Time required for mule and ox trains ........ 304
Time-tables, Union Pacific ............. 600, 601
Tipton, Mo. ................................. 365
Tisdale, Henry .......................... xi, 576
Todd, John N., agent .................... 77, 471
Toll-road, lost on the "cut-off" ............ 383
Topeka Capital ............................... xi
Topeka Mail and Breeze ....................... xi
Topeka State Journal ......................... xi
Topeka, Kan .................................. 21
 --stage started from, to Denver ............. 55
Tough, W. S., scout ......................... 132
Tourjon's ranch .............................. 81
Towne, Geo., rider and driver, .... 128, 131, 272
Townsend, Perry, stage-driver ............... 272
Tracy, John T. .............................. 428
Train, George Francis ....................... 612
Transporting supplies in early '60's ........ 306
Tremont hotel, Atchison ..................... 424
Trial trip of overland steam wagon .......... 432
Tritch, George, pioneer merchant, ...... 353, 354
 --sketch of his life ....................... 509
Trotter, William, stage-driver, .... xi, 272, 286
 --biographical sketch of ................... 285
 --long ride with ........................... 375
 --interprets initials of stage line ........ 584
 --helps stop a run of "slapjacks" .......... 585
Trout, Dan, stage-driver ............... 208, 272
Trout, Miss Lizzie ................ 208, 322, 548
Trout in Cache la Poudre .................... 351
Troy, Pa .................................... 470
Truesdell, J. W. ............................. xi
Tucson, Ariz ................................. 15
Twain, Mark ................................... x
Two-face, Indian chief ...................... 355
                  
Umphrey, E., acknowledgment Emery, .......... 365
"Uncle Chester" Thomas ...................... 470
"Uncle John" ................................ 565
"Uncle Johnny" Thompson ..................... 416
"Uncle Sam" guarding overland mail, ......... 261
Underground railroad ........................ 411
Union colony (Greeley) ...................... 349
Union Pacific railway ............. 138, 165, 633
 --revolutionizes transportation ............ 502
 --opening lines of ......................... 599
 --an early time-card ....................... 600

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United States Express Company ............... 395
 --distances Junction City to Denver, ....... 161
U. S. mail at Fort Halleck .................. 311
U. S. soldiers damage stage line ............ 360
Updike, Billy, stage-driver ................. 272
Upper California Crossing ................... 212
Utah ........................................ 115
 --news of new territory ..................... 40
Utah Central railroad ....................... 141

Valentine & Co .............................. 289
Valley City ............................. 52, 258
Valley Station ......................... 137, 342
Van Buren, Ark. .............................. 14
Vanderbilt, Cornelius ......................... 7
Van Horn, Frank, stage-driver .......... 272, 299
Vasques Fork, prospecting about ............. 150
Vaughn, Frank ............................... 574
Vaughan, C. ................................. 428
Veta Pass, D. & R. G. R. R. surmounts, ...... 175
Virginia Canon .............................. 181
Virginia City, Nev. ................. 50, 52, 588
Villard, Henry, passenger ................... 156
Voorhees, Colonel ............................ 61
Voorhees, Low, stage-driver ................. 272

Waddell, W. B. .............................. 124
Wages paid employees ..................... 72, 76
Waggoner, B. P. .............................. xi
Wagons, great number of, on plains .......... 609
Wagon-trains ................................. 43
Walden, Bishop John M. ....................... xi
Wales, Prince of, in Deadwood coach, ......... 58
Walker Creek ................................ 407
Walker, Jack ................................ 574
Walker, Lew., stage-driver .................. 273
Walking arsenal ............................. 333
Wallace, Henry, pony rider ............. 128. 131
Wallingford & Murphy ........................ 171
Walnut Creek .................................. 4
Walrod, Abraham, pioneer .................... 170
Walrod, Miss Mary, of Denver ................ 170
Wapello county, Iowa ........................ 461
Wardrobe, passenger forgets ................. 597
Wadsworth, James, stage-driver .............. 407
Warner, John, stage-driver .................. 273
Warner, Hon. Theo. F. ....................... 451
Warson, Perley, stage-driver ................ 273
Wasatch range ............................... 116
Washburn, Johnny, stage-driver .............. 273
Washing day at stage stations ............... 340
Washington ranch ....................... 128, 384
 --besieged by Indians ...................... 386
Water mixed with vinegar .................... 369
Waterville .................................. 423
Watie, Stan ................................. 132
Watson, W. H. ................................ xi
Watson, W. W. ................................ xi
"Waupsie," stage-driver ..................... 273
Webb, Dr. W. E. .......................... x, 144
Webb, Green, stage-driver ................... 273
Webb, James Watson .......................... 105
Weeping Water ............................... 243
Weightman, R. H. ............................ 425
Welch, F. T., stage-driver .................. 273
Welch, Mike, stage-driver ................... 273
Weld county, Colorado .................. 320, 349
Wellman, Billy, stage-driver ................ 273

Wells, Fargo & Co. ....... 52, 290, 366, 444, 500
 --bought out Ben. Holladay .................. 55
 --lines established and purchased. .......... 56
 --purchase Overland Stage Company, ......... 406
 --loss of stage property in 1867 ........... 407
Wells, John D. .............................. 519
Westcott, Dan., pony express rider .......... 131
West, R. P., messenger and driver ....... 80, 273
 --biographical sketch of ................... 295
Western Kansas gold diggings ................ 153
Western Stage Co ............. 134, 204, 206, 289
Western Union telegraph ..................... 163
Westlake's gin-mill ......................... 322
Wetmore ..................................... 127
Wheeler, G. G. .............................. 564
Wheeler, George P., stage-driver ............ 273
"Whisky Jack," stage-driver ................. 273
White House, telegraph extended to .......... 138
White Man's Fork ............................ 354
White Rock .................................. 407
White Wood Canon ............................. 59
Whitney, Orson F. ............................. x
Wiggins, Maj. O. P. .......................... xi
 --scout and trapper ........................ 353
 --biographical sketch ...................... 472
Wikes, Billy ................................ 574
Wild Bill .............................. 145, 147
 --letter to his wife ....................... 148
 --inscription on tombstone of .............. 148
Wild West show ............................... 59
Wilder, D. W. ............................ x, 190
Wilder, George, stage-driver ................ 273
Wiley, C. P., messenger ...................... 80
Wilkinson, West E. ........................... xi
Willard, Fred, stage-driver ................. 273
Williams, Beverly D. ................... 157, 161
 --general manager stage line ............... 216
 --delegate to Congress ..................... 161
Williams, Mary .............................. 526
Williams, Mike, deputy marshal .............. 147
Williamson, Abner, stage-driver ........ 273, 554
William and Mary College .................... 526
Willow Creek ................................ 398
Wilson, Charles, stage-driver ............... 273
Wilson, Henry, and Wild Bill ................ 148
Wilson, Henry, stage-driver ................. 273
Wilson, Richard E., messenger ................ 80
Wilson, R. E., freighter .................... 303
Winnebago Indians ........................... 460
Wood, David ................................. 571
Wood, James ............................ 572, 574
Wood on Smoky Hill route .................... 407
Woodson, Sam'l H., mail contractor, ...... 1, 445
Wright, "Pap," stage-driver ................. 273
Wyandotte convention ........................ 246
Wyoming ..................................... 477

Yates, Wm. .................................. 433
Young, Brigham .............................. 137
 --advocates a Pacific railroad ............. 141
 --last spike driven by ..................... 141
 --indorses Ben. Holladay .............. 443, 450
 --crosses Big Blue on way to Utah .......... 517
Yells of the "Overland" drivers .............. 88
Yuma, Cal. ................................... 10

Zovely, A. N. ............................... 319
Zowgaltz, Jose, pony express rider .......... 131