Mail service across the Plains : Salt Lake City, 1884.

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Mail service across the Plains : Salt Lake City, 1884.

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Experiences with Charles F. Decker and Ephraim K. Hanks carrying mails between Great Salt Lake City, Fort Laramie, and Independence, 1850-1857; many sidelights on mountain men, Territorial officials, and trading posts along the overland trails. Includes obituary notice and note concerning his will, clippings from the Salt Lake Herald, Aug. 16 & 19, 1887, pasted in.

Originals : 38 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (42 exposures) : negative (Rich. 111:5) and positive.

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Decker, Charles Franklin, 1824-1901

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Little, Feramorz, 1820-1887.

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Hanks, Ephraim K., -1896

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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