. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ils from New York harbor to the Isthmus, thence overland to thePacific Ocean, and up the Western coast by steamer, through theGolden Gate to the city of San Francisco. The mail line by stagesextended through New Mexico and Arizona, thence through SouthernCalifornia to the upper settlements on the coast. The firm of contractors above alluded to, Russell, Majors, Wad-dell & Co., held control of the
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ils from New York harbor to the Isthmus, thence overland to thePacific Ocean, and up the Western coast by steamer, through theGolden Gate to the city of San Francisco. The mail line by stagesextended through New Mexico and Arizona, thence through SouthernCalifornia to the upper settlements on the coast. The firm of contractors above alluded to, Russell, Majors, Wad-dell & Co., held control of the central route by way of Julesbury, FortKearney, Fort Laramie and Salt Lake. It was not believed that thisroute was practicable for a mail route, and the suggestion of a dailymail was met with derision. This firm, however, had sufficient faithin its ultimate success to invest nearly $100,000 in equipping the linewith stock and stations for the world-renowned Pony Express, whichbegan its wronderful work in the month of April, 1860, a year beforethe bells were pealing the first wild notes of war in the distant it did not succeed to a brilliant career and pile up vast wealth for its. THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 41 projectors, it at least accomplished that which has proven of more per-manent value to mankind — it paved the way for the wire, the stagesand the railroad, which have enriched the republic by accumulatedwealth and empire, and showered countless blessings upon succeedinggenerations. But as this scheme was a new idea, and involved strange businesselements in its mixture, it was quite natural that the proprietors of theocean line of steamers should take an unusual interest in the proceed-ings and results. The owners of the Pony Express declared that by their way SaltLake could be reached in ten days from St. Joseph, Mo., and thePacific coast in five days more. The Ocean Express declared that itcould not be done in the time
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