Tag: New Stage Stations

• H.C.McComas Lordsburg Shakespeare Ghost Town Silver City southwest history

  McComas’ Route to Lordsburg.

  McComas’ Route to Lordsburg  McComas’ journey to Lordsburg from Silver City took him over what was by that time the stage route between those two places; a route which in March of 1883 was quite new, and which was primarily a passenger-only route. The transportation of the mail by stage…

  October 17, 2025
• Barlow & Sanderson Shakespeare Ghost Town southwest history Wagon Roads & Mail Rotes

  Chapter16 – Route No.17404, Barlow & Sanderson

  Introduction Barlow, Sanderson & Co. held the contract to carry the mail between Mesilla and Los Angeles for both the 1866-1870 and the 1870-1874 contract periods. Contracts with the Post-Office Department for the carrying of the mails were effective for a four year period, beginning on July 1 of the…

  November 14, 2023