Lewis Wilson Taylor operated a semi-monthly express from Shasta, via Hamilton City, Yuba City and Marysville to Sacramento. He operated prior to the date of his advertisement of June 1851. His last ad appeared on Apr 28, 1852. Taylor advertised a connection with Henkle’s Express for areas north of Shasta and with Gregory’s for areas south of Sacramento.

E. B. Thompson ran this small express from Petaluma to Santa Rosa and on to Healdsburg, CA. He connected with Wells Fargo at Petaluma and acted as a feeder for them.

H. C Tickner operated an express from Yreka that ran to the mining camps along the Klamath River, later expanding into the Scott River Valley. Tickner’s Express connected with Wells Fargo at Yreka and Fort Jones. The operation was sold to A. B. Carlock and Ward in late 1872.

W. J. Tinnin and John W. Owens offered customers an express service from their general merchandise store in Weaverville. The opening of a Wells Fargo office in Weaverville on Nov 14, 1868 most likely ended their foray in the express business.

Alexander H. Todd and E. W. Colt formed Todd and Company’s Express following Benjamin L. Bryan’s departure from Todd & Bryan’s Express on Jul 13, 1850. E. W. Colt operated out of Stockton and served the southern mines through merchant agents, while A. H. Todd anchored the operation in San Francisco. They connected in San Francisco with Adams & Company and in Sacramento with Hawley & Company. Later, they also connected with both Freeman and Reynolds & Company in Sacramento. They extended a line, by steamer, to Portland and Oregon City and brought L. W. Newell into the partnership to work out of Sonora. The partnership disbanded in Oct, 1851 with Colt and Newell taking the Oregon California express operation, as Newell & Company. Todd then combined the remaining California operation with Reynolds & Company to form Reynolds, Todd & Co.’s Express.

Charles A. Todd purchased all the assets of Reynolds, Todd & Company and continued to operate from San Francisco and Stockton serving the southern mines. Todd made inroads along the Sacramento River to points above Sacramento, but faced tough competition from Adams & Co. in that area. At first, Todd connected with Gregory’s Express, but later shared an office in San Francisco with Wells Fargo and connected with them for services to the Eastern States. Todd sold his operation to Wells Fargo in Sep, 1853, giving them control of the routes to the southern mines, where they began to compete with Adams.

Alexander H. Todd began operating as a one man express service in late July 1849, operating between San Francisco and Stockton and into the southern mines. He formed a partnership with Benjamin L. Bryan in late February or early March 1850, adding E. W. Colt shortly thereafter. Todd & Bryans shared an office in Stockton and had a working relationship with Adams & Company. They connected with Berford for correspondence to San Jose. Bryan sold out to his partners in July of 1850, at which time Todd and Colt formed Todd and Company, operating over the same route.

Thirty-two year old Edward W. (Ned) Tracy arrived in Portland on July 8, 1859, as Wells Fargo’s General Agent for the Washington and Oregon Territories. While establishing the Wells Fargo offices at the main coastal cities, he also began to form a partnership with E. Norton and E. L. James, operating an express service throughout the interior. The partnership with Norton and James was dissolved in March of 1862. Wells Fargo started buying out the express operations that serviced the Boise Basin in the fall of 1863 and in November of that year Tracy sold the last of his express service to them.

James C. Truman began his J. C. Truman Express in January 1864 soon after arriving in San Francisco. He took Chapman as a partner on February 16, 1864 and after Chapman withdrew in 1865, he formed Truman & Co’s Express. It operated until 1868 from San Francisco to San Jose by rail and to Watsonville and Santa Cruz.