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The San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line
"The Jackass Mail"
by
Gerald T. Ahnert ©2019
“No factor of the pioneer days was more potent in the development of
Arizona than the stage coach, rendering easily accessible a region
hitherto reached only by the expenditure of much time, money, and a
very great risk of life; replete in which heroism and fortitude and
endurance were unexcelled in any other department of frontier life."
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—Silas St. John
Jackass: A male ass.
Ass: Any of several hardy gregarious mammals (genus Equus) that are smaller than
the horse, have long ears, and include one domesticated form (E. asinus) used as a
beast of burden.
Mule: The offspring between a male ass and a mare.
James E. Birch Julia A. B. (Chace) Birch
Owner of the San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line and his wife.
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