OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THROUGH IN SIX DAYS TO SACRAMENTO! CONNECTING WITH THE DAILY STAGES TO ALL THE INTERIOR MINING TOWNS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON. TICKETED THROUGH FROM PORTLAND, BY THE OREGON LINE OF STAGE COACHES! AND THE RAIL ROAD FROM OROVILLE TO SACRAMENTO ... TRAVELERS AVOID RISK OF OCEAN TRAVEL ... FARE THROUGH, FIFTY DOLLARS. TICKET OFFICE AT ARRIGONI'S HOTEL, PORTLAND. H. W. CORBETT & CO., PROPRIETORS OREGON STAGE LINE. PORTLAND, JULY 19, 1866. Portland, Oregon: W. D. Carter, Printer, Front St., 19 July 1866. Broadside, 34x26.5 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches), printed in blue and red. In addition to avoiding risky ocean travel, the broadside promotes the scenery along the route that passes through "the most beautiful and attractive, as well as some of the most bold, grand and picturesque scenery on the continent." The five-day journey between Portland and Sacramento, over 550 miles, had two overnight stop overs (Jacksonville and Yreka) "for passengers to rest." The Oregon Stage Line, owned by Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), a prominent figure in the early development of Portland, Oregon, and U.S. Senator (1867-1873), began operations on 1 July 1866. The company monopolized stagecoach travel between Oregon and California until railroads replaced stage travel in 1887. There are two versions of this broadside, this one and another with the lead sentences reading "Overland Mail Route to Oregon. Through in Six Days to Portand!" A bit of fade to red lettering, near fine, not examined out of frame. (#179386).
Price: $17,500.00
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