Communications Westward

Duration: 0:33:00

Creator: Paramount Pictures

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Abridged from the feature film Wells Fargo. Shows the beginning of the overland express route to California. Pictures the rush of the "Forty-Niners" and the part the Wells Fargo Express Co. played in transporting the gold dust to San Francisco. Emphasizes the ready justice of the mining camps and the important part of the Wells Fargo agency in transporting gold to the Federal armies during the Civil War. Mentions the role of the Pony Express and the Overland Express in the development of the West.

Complete Record: , Abridged from the feature film Wells Fargo. Shows the beginning of the overland express route to California. Pictures the rush of the "Forty-Niners" and the part the Wells Fargo Express Co. played in transporting the gold dust to San Francisco. Emphasizes the ready justice of the mining camps and the important part of the Wells Fargo agency in transporting gold to the Federal armies during the Civil War. Mentions the role of the Pony Express and the Overland Express in the development of the West.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.