Abstract
The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861 . By Glen Sample Ely. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. xii + 428 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.) This is a rare combination of local, state, regional, and national history, using the short-lived (30 months) Butterfield Overland Mail (BOM) route and stations across Texas as the vehicle to tell the story of Texas, the West, and the nation on the eve of the Civil War, including sectionalism, federal vs. state authority, geographical features, natural resources, environment, transportation, economic development, social structure, cultural diversity, racism, Indian-white relations, lawlessness, military operations, and conflicts (virtually everywhere). Ely spent a quarter-century on this project, relying on the 1947 standard study of … Independent HistorianWoodston KSPO Box 1Woodston KS 67675785-425-7312, oliva{at}ruraltel.net
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