In 1858, when Visalia was about six years old, the tiny settlement welcomed a transportation feature that would transform Visalia, California and indeed the nation – the Butterfield Overland Stage.

Prologue: Where It All Began -- Part I. Setting the Stage-Metaphorically Speaking -- New Mexico Territory...or Is This Arizuma? -- Texas : Ignored but Never Forgotten -- California at the Center -- ...

ATOKA/BOGGY DEPOT, Okla. (KFOR) — If a traveler wanted to get from St. Louis or Memphis all the way to San Francisco overland in 1858, the fastest way was by stagecoach along the same, faint trail ...

Movies have glamorized Pony Express riders. Following the trials and tribulations of a single rider across dusty plains and frigid mountains makes for exciting scripts. However, prior to the Pony ...

When the city of Denton was founded in 1857, people traveled on foot or horseback. Transportation was expensive in the 1850s. An article from Texas Highways magazine calculated that overland ...