Papers, ca. 1904-1971.

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Papers, ca. 1904-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18146576

Research materials, including manuscripts, maps and photographs, used by Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling for their book The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869; its organization and operation over the southern route to 1861; subsequently over the central route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869 (published in 1947; Seaver call number F 593 .C72 W.H.). There is also some information about the Conkling family, including photographs, newspaper clippings and geneologies.

ca. 10 linear feet (24 Boxes: legal, legal ov; also mc)

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Conkling family.

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Conkling, Roscoe P. (Roscoe Platt), 1877-

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Conkling, Margaret B. (Margaret Badenoch), 1890-

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Overland Mail Company

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The Butterfield Overland Mail Company, organized in 1857, carried mail between St. Louis and San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War forced it to move north to the central overland route. It was known as the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company until it was reorganized and Gen. Bela M. Hughes was elected president of the Overland Mail Company in 1861. From the description of Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887). (Huntington Library, A...