Western Express
Quarterly Publication Previous Issues
1985 – 1989
1989
Western Express – October 1989 – 8.4 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Post Offices of Coffee Creek by Alan H. Patera
California Boundaries – A Short History and Source List for Collectors by Frank O. Newton
Fiddling with Fiddletown – Boundary Confusion along the Cosumnes by Frank O. Newton
Yeomet – Ghost with many Names by Frank O. Newton
Tecopa and the County Boundary by lewis d’arrett
Wells Fargo in Hawaii – Connections to the Pony Express by Randall E. Burt
California Postmark Catalog by John H. Williams
Santa Barbara County
San Luis Obispo County
Western Express – July 1989 – 8.9 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Letters from Idaho
Livermore by Grace E. Devnich
California Newspapers: the Benicia-Solano County Herald by Alan H. Patera
Wells Fargo in Hawaii by Randall E. Burt
California Postmark Catalog by John H. Williams
Humboldt County
Modoc County
Klamath County
Western Express – April 1989 – 7.2 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
The Amador Dispatch 1863-1867 by Alan H. Patera
The Private Expresses of Hawaii by Randall E. Burt
Early Tuolumne County Mining Camps by Alan H. Patera
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John H.Williams
San Mateo County
Siskiyou County
Western Express – January 1989 – 7.9 MB
Table of Contents
From your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Eureka North and Fir Cap by Alan H. Patera
Knight’s Ferry by Robert D. Livingston
A Newsy Postcard by Grace E. Devnich
Private Expresses of Hawaii by Randall E Burt
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John L. Williams
Madera County
Mariposa County
1988
Western Express – October 1988 – 6.7 MB
Table of Contents
From your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Private Expresses of Hawaii by Randall Burt
Where Was George? by Grace E. Devnich
From the “Atlantic States” to “Twenty Miles from Anywhere” by Charlie Merrill
Chicago Park, Nevada County by Pat Jones
California Postmarks. (through 1935) by John Williams
Lassen County
Calaveras County
Western Express – July 1988 – 7.6 MB
Table of Contents
From your Editor
Secretary’s Report
The Franks of Clarke’s Centennial Express by N. Leonard Persson
Sacramento’s Link to the Discovery of Troy by Robert D. Livingston
A Colorado Fake by Dr. James W. Milgram
Soda Springs, Jackson County, Oregon by Lawrence C. Merriam
California.Postmarks (to 1935) by John L. Williams
EL Dorado~ County
Mendocino County
Western Express – April 1988 – 6.8 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Robinson’s Ferry and Melones by Alan H. Patera
Postal Service East of Livermore by Grace E. Devnich
Wells Fargo & Go. in Oregon by Howard Mader
An Oregon Correspondence by Dr. James W. Milgram
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John L. Williams
Lake County
Western Express – January 1988 – 6.3 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Beckworth, Beckwith, Beckwich and Beckwourth by F. L. Dunn
Calaveras Big Trees and The Ebbetts Pass Route by Alan H. Patera
Early Mail Services in California, Part 4: The Stages by Norma L. McCumber
Express Communications, by Robert D. Livingston
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John L. Williams
Riverside County
Sierra County
1987
Western Express – October 1987 – 6.2 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Early Mail Services In Callfornia Part 3: By Jackass, by Pony, or by Camel by Norma L McCumber
Westfall, Oregon by Alan H. Patera
Campo Seco, Calaveras County by Alan H. Patera
Early Nevada Postal Routes by AIan H. Patera
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John Williams
Alameda County
Western Express – July 1987 – 6.6 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Early Mail Services In California by Norma L. McCumber
Postal History of Murray Township Alameda County, California by Grace E. Devnich
Wells Fargo’s Faithful Dog by Robert D. Livingston
Iowa Hill, Placer County by Alan H. Patera
California Postmarks (to 1935) by John Williams
Kern County Postmarks
Imperial County Postmarks
Western Express – April 1987 – 5.3 MB
Table of Contents
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Fort Clatsop, Oregon by Alan H. Patera
Ophirville, Placer County by Alan H. Patera
California Postmarks by John Williams
Western Express Fakes by David L. Jarrett
Early Mail Services In California Part 1: Before the Gold Rush by Norma L. McCumber
A Contemporary Comment On The Pony Express by Alan H. Patera
Western Express – January 1987 – 5.7 MB
Table of Contents
President’s message
From Your Editor
Secretary’s Report
Foss & Connelly To The Geysers by Louise Mihl
Arizona Post Office Locations by Alan H. Patera
Arizona Letters of Quincy Brooks by Alan H. Patern
Express Wells. Faroo Y CIA by Jim Lester
Life and Death of The Steamer ‘Emily’ by Alan H. Patera and John Williams
Long Bar Yuba County by Alan H. Patern
1986
Western Express – October 1986 – 2.5 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Palms, Palms, & Pamls by Jerome Schwimmer
U.S.S. Vanderbilt By J. W. Lester
Pacific Expresses: Many with Short Lives by Robert D. Livingston
Advertisers
Western Express – July 1986 – 2.9 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
AMERIPEX ’86
The Palms by Douglas Gary
Early Panama Steamers by Steve Meier
A California Post Office by Bayard Taylor
Western Express – April 1986 – 2.4 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Where Is My Wandering Card Tonight by Grace E. Devnich
Leland & McCombs Express in Oregon by Dale Forster
New Group of Faked Manuscript Territorial Covers by David L. Jarrett
Getting Up The Garter by George Jay Kramer
First U.S. Mail from San Francisco for the Atlantic States via Panama by Steve Meier
Advertisers
Western Express – January 1986 – 1.8 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Hardy’s Book Store & Bamber’s Express
Submitted by Richard Simpson
The Pony That Went Both Ways by George Kramer
History of the Atlanta (Idaho) Post Office Submitted by Warren Wagener
The Spirit of the West by (the late) Clyde Smith
Advertisers
1985
Western Express – October 1985 – 2 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
General William T. Sherman by John Drew
Wells and Fargo: Ever Westward by Robert D. Livingston
Advertisers
Western Express – July 1985 – 1.4 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Naming a Post Office
Contents of A Letter
A Paste-Up
Roster of Members
Advertisers
Western Express – April 1985 – 1.9 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Around the Horn (Contents of a Letter) by Basil Pearce
Book Reviews: Streetcar R.P.O.s Opinions II; Letters of Gold
Undelivered Mail by Warren Wagener
Via California by Floyd Risvold
Working On The Railroad (Contents of a Letter) by Lome Allmon
Advertisers
Western Express – January 1985 – 2.7 MB
Table of Contents
Editor’s Arena
Secretary’s Report
Wells Fargo in Riverside by Lorne L. Allmon
Fort Union’s First Mail by N. Leonard Persson
Letters of Gold – Book Review by Richard Graham
A Train Ride That Started the Pony Express by J. Hurley Hagood and Roberta Hagood
Wells Fargo & Co. Isthmus Agency by Gary B. Weiss Advertisers