Early-Day Transportation in West Texas

Subjects: Horses Mail & Correspondence Trucks & Wagons
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Early-Day Transportation in West Texas, Canyon, TX, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A linen postcard titled 'Early-Day Transportation in West Texas!' with a map of West Texas and three vignettes: an oxen-drawn covered wagon, a four-horse stagecoach, and a Pony Express rider on horseback. Printed captions describe each mode of early transportation.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

Oxen-drawn covered wagon, typical of hundreds used to cross dangerous Indian country and buffalo prairies to settle vir- gin ranges of West Texas. Note bull-wacker with guide rope and long whip. Early-Day Transportation in West Texas! WEST TEXAS Pony express rider — actually a thin paper, fast-message courier who raced at break-neck speed against time. Rider-stations were about 80 miles apart with two pony-change points en route. Buffalo Bill once made a two- station run and return, 320 miles, in 21 1/2 hours, exhausting 12 ponies. West Texas four-horse stage-coach, driver and guard. Frequent relays of horses made possible surprising speed over rough, highwaymen-in- fested trails. Passengers arrived dusty, bruised and weary. © MC C. CO. 3 3B-H1507 --- Equal to Maine, N. Y. and Penna. in area, the 1890 population of the 95 counties of West Texas multiplied ten times to 981,351 by 1930 and 1,019,525 by 1940—America's last frontier and land of the modern pioneer! POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE DISTRIBUTED BY MC CORMICK CO., PHOTOGRAPHERS, AMARILLO, TEXAS GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

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Series	3B-H1507
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	West Texas, Canyon, TX
Place mentioned	McCormick Co., Amarillo, TX
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen texture; no white border; printed code 3B-H1507. No postmark. Divided-back linen 'C.T. Art-Colortone' card, distributed by McCormick Co., Amarillo, Texas; printed West Texas population blurb. No message or address; only dealer pencil marks '#59' and '1-' at lower right.

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Early-Day Transportation in West Texas, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/early-day-transportation-in-west-texas. Accessed October 5, 2026.