America First: 100 Stories from Our Own History

Leif the Lucky, the swamp march to Vincennes, the Pony Express — a hundred true adventure stories from American history, told the way children begged to hear them in 1920.

Traveling by Stage-Coach

2 pages in this part of America First.

Traveling by Stage-Coach

In early Colonial days, the pioneers had to walk or go by canoe from one village or settlement to another. Later on, the trails were…

Traveling by Stage-Coach: Boston

The mail, what there was of it, was carried by post-riders on horseback. The postage was very high, and was paid for by the person…

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