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, CaliforniaWoods, Isaiah Churchill
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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
Woods, Isaiah Churchill
Postal service -- West (U.S.); San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line
From Mission to San Diego 5
----- 85
_Recapitulation._
San Antonio to Fort Clarke 123.34
Fort Clarke to Fort Hudson 75.35
Fort Hudson to Fort Lancaster 96.94
Fort Lancaster to Fort Davis 157.53
Fort Davis to Birchville 150.99
Birchville to El Paso 47.49
------ 651.64
El Paso to La Mesilla 50
La Mesilla to Tucson 305
Tucson to Maricopa 99
Maricopa to Fort Yuma 190
Fort Yuma to Carissa 95.12
Carissa to San Diego 85
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San Antonio to San Diego 1,475.76
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_Itinerary of my own journey across the continent._
August 1.--From San Antonio to Castroville 25 miles.
2.--From Castroville to 9 miles east of Uvalde 46 ”
3.--From camp to 11 miles west of Turkey creek 40 ”
4.--From camp to near San Felipe creek 40 ”
5.--From camp to 10 miles east of Fort Hudson 35 ”
6.--From camp to 10 miles west of San Pedro 44 ”
7.--From camp to 6 miles east of Live Oak creek 53 ”
8.--From camp to 6 miles above Pecos spring 28 ”
9.--From camp to Escondido creek, 8 miles east of
the spring 44 ”
10.--From camp to 10 miles west of 46 ”
11.--From camp to Limpia creek 33 ”
12.--From camp to Fort Davis 19 ”
13.--From Fort Davis to 7 miles west of Dead Man’s
Hole 42 ”
14.--From camp to 8 miles west of Eagle Springs 51 ”
15.--From camp to 10 miles south of Birchville 49 ”
16.--From camp to Socorro 40 ”
17.--From Socorro to Franklin, El Paso 17 ”
18, 19, 20, 21.--In El Paso.
22.--From El Paso to Fort Fillmore 44 ”
23.--From Fort Fillmore to Picacho village, 6 miles
west of Mesilla 12 ”
24.--From Picacho village to 9 miles east of Cook’s
Spring 50 ”
25.--From camp to mouth of Burro Mount cañon, near
Ojo de Ynez 55 ”
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