Project Gutenberg 2025-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 164 Woods, Isaiah Churchill 1825 1880 Woods, I. C. (Isaiah Churchill) Wood, I. C. (Isaiah Churchill) Report to Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster-General : $b on the opening and present condition of the United States overland mail route between San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California $aWashington, DC :$bUnited States. Post Office Dept., $c1858. Carla Foust, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) "Report to Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster-General: on the Opening and Present Condition of the United States Overland Mail Route between San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California" by I. C. Wood is a comprehensive report detailing the establishment and current status of a crucial mail service, written in the mid-19th century. The document presents an in-depth examination of the mail route's geography, logistics, and operational challenges as Wood navigates the complexities of setting up this overland mail service. The report includes observations based on Wood's firsthand travel experience across this rugged terrain. The opening portion of the report outlines the author’s journey and intricate preparations for the inaugural mail runs. It details Wood's contracting responsibilities, the logistical hurdles he faced while assembling the necessary resources, and the construction of the mail route, which involved overcoming various natural obstacles and establishing supply stations. Wood's narrative begins with the historical context of the mail line and quickly transitions into his personal experiences, including hiring workers, managing supplies, and dealing with the interactions with local tribes, reflecting the multifaceted challenges of operating a mail service in such a demanding environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFT3376.0001.001/?view=toc 20070114112315wood 1858 US Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line Postal service -- West (U.S.) HE Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - American Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 180213 2025-09-30T04:30:27.348344 text/html 154835 2025-03-17T19:50:17 text/html 320918 2025-09-30T04:30:30.816343 application/epub+zip 321459 2025-09-30T04:30:28.229381 application/epub+zip 165877 2025-09-30T04:30:27.751356 application/epub+zip 415556 2025-09-30T04:30:32.829300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403135 2025-09-30T04:30:30.450305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157966 2025-09-30T04:30:26.861322 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137773 2025-03-17T19:50:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16487 2025-09-30T04:30:32.957293 application/rdf+xml 13039 2025-09-30T04:30:27.941367 image/jpeg 2250 2025-09-30T04:30:27.845314 image/jpeg 319272 2025-09-30T04:30:27.365354 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog