Wayne R. Austerman.

Sharps Rifles and Spanish Mules:
The San Antonio -- El Paso Mail, 1851 -- 1881.



"Reading almost like a western novel, this well - documented history of a frontier business enterprise reveals the turbulent career of a stagecoach line that stretched from San Antonio to El Paso and at times reached to Santa Fe and San Diego.

"From 1851 to 1881, before the coming of the railroad, this line was the only authorized carrier of the U.S. mail along that route as well as the sole means of regular commercial transportation for travelers headed west from San Antonio.

"The history of the line is related here in scholarly detail laced with high adventure and peppered with action..."

Look's like it's going to be a good cold - weather read! :)