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- Mail Cotractor P. Roberts Independence Missouri, good for ten cents Recivable for Stage (Coach) Fare & other Dues - The Santa Fe Trail, an 800-mile commercial trade route between Missouri and Santa Fe since 1821, experienced its height of overland traffic after New Mexico became part of the United States in 1848. Stagecoach operators competed fiercely for passenger traffic and federal mail contracts, including Preston Roberts, who operated a weekly mail and passenger line during the early 1860s.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Mail Cotractor P. Roberts Independence Missouri, good for ten cents Recivable for Stage (Coach) Fare & other Dues
The Santa Fe Trail, an 800-mile commercial trade route between Missouri and Santa Fe since 1821, experienced its height of overland traffic after New Mexico became part of the United States in 1848. Stagecoach operators competed fiercely for passenger traffic and federal mail contracts, including Preston Roberts, who operated a weekly mail and passenger line during the early 1860s.
- Courthouse in the Town of Independence, Missouri Showing Overland Travel, circa 1853 - Independence, Missouri, was the principle "jumping off" point for the American frontier during the mid-1800s. Emigrants traveling on the Santa Fe, Oregon, or California trails began at or passed through Independence. This engraving shows wagons loaded with supplies in front of the town's courthouse as settlers prepare to migrate west.
- circa 1853
- Collections - Artifact
Courthouse in the Town of Independence, Missouri Showing Overland Travel, circa 1853
Independence, Missouri, was the principle "jumping off" point for the American frontier during the mid-1800s. Emigrants traveling on the Santa Fe, Oregon, or California trails began at or passed through Independence. This engraving shows wagons loaded with supplies in front of the town's courthouse as settlers prepare to migrate west.