An ongoing list of books about the Pony Express Trail, Bikepacking, etc. I’ll update the list as I get through each.

The Old Trails West

Ralph Moody, The Old Trails West (Promontory Press 1963) This book details the various trails used across the western U.S., beginning with the Spanish missions in the southwest, spreading up…

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Death of a Gunfighter

Dan Rottenberg, Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, the West's Most Elusive Legend (Westholme 2008) This book represents the author's quest to sort the fact from the…

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Empire on Wheels

Raymond W. Settle and Mary Lund Settle, Empire on Wheels (Stanford University Press 1949) Empire on Wheels, along with a couple of other books written by the Settles, is one that…

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A Life Wild and Perilous

A Life Wild and Perilous

Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific (Henry Holt 1997) I bought this book when it first came out. I've been interested…

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Stagecoach West

Stagecoach West

Ralph Moody, Stagecoach West (Promontory Press 1967) I think I picked this book up at a Friends of the Library sale. Great book. Incredibly detailed. I've read it twice now. As…

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The Pony Express trail: Yesterday and Today

The Pony Express Trail

William E. Hill, The Pony Express Trail: Yesterday and Today (Caxton Press, 2010) My partner, Lisa, gave me this book when I first mentioned I wanted to ride the Pony Express…

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