A Pony Expressman's Recollections
first edition
1955 · Portland, Oregon
by Mossman, Issac Von Dorsey
Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1955 First edition One of 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Introduction and Notes by J. Heine Christ. [4], 55pp. Tipped-on halftone portrait, four facsimile plates, folding map. Pictorial red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A very fine copy. These reminiscences cover the period 1853 to 1867, the author being the founder of the pioneer express company of Mossman & Co., which was bought out by Wells, Fargo & Co. in 1863. "Mossman traveled in a group called the Miller party. Their destination was Oregon. For some time he was owner of an express company" (Mintz). [Mintz, The Trail: 339].. (Inventory #: 8355)