Also at this time the H&StJ was carrying the mail for the Pony Express.
April 3, 1860 through October 1861 See:
http://www.ponyexpress.org/history.htm
On a related note I remember seeing years ago in a book a picture of a
log blockhouse the H&StJ built next to bridges during the Civil war to
keep bridges from being destroyed. It is not in any of the books I have
now. Does anyone know of a similar picture and where I can find it?
All in all it could make for an exciting train ride at the time.
Ken Martin
zephyr9903 wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:37:22 -0700 (PDT), Marty T. Myers wrote
> > I have a friend who is an author. She is writing a
> > story where a character takes a trip from St. Louis to
> > St. Joseph in 1861. I assume this would mean taking
> > the North Missouri to Macon then the H&StJ to St Joe.
> > Was this possible?
>
> Yes - this was possible - and could have been very exciting at the time. A
> deputy commander of Quantrill's Raiders made a "business" out of raiding the
> NMRR during the war, (name was "Bloody Bill" Anderson), but I don't think he
> was real active until late '62 . . . that road became part of the Wabash,
> then the Norfolk & Western, now Norfolk Southern.
> > Also does anyone know where I can get info on stage lines of that day?
> I can't help you there - sounds like a job for "Googleman"!
>
> Marshall Thayer
> Mt. Pleasant, IA
> ?
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