He supervised hundreds of miles of route improvements like grading passes and bridging over creeks and sloughs along the trail and he even traveled to Concord, New Hampshire to oversee the construction of 25 new “Concord Stages” that would rumble over the route in the late 1850’s. He personally explored his route and sometimes carried the mail himself. One thing is for certain, Chorpenning put his heart and soul into his mail contract. When you read historical accounts and descriptions of the so-called stations that Chorpenning constructed you wonder if the above statement is accurate. My line was stocked under my supervision at a cost of $200,000.00.” Stations were spaced about 20 miles apart over a line between 600-700 miles long. Add to this the wages and subsistence of the men from 3-4 months while reaching their destination and the cost of each station building with at least 15-20 head of additional horses, mules and cattle. The wagon was loaded with supplies such as coffee, sugar, molasses, vinegar, bacon, pork, beans, rice, spices, cooking and tableware, shovels, picks, axes, scythes, rakes, forks, saws, hatchets, nails, picket pins, pails, water casks, ropes, horseshoes, wagon grease, grindstone, bedding etc. At least 4 saddle animals with bridles, blankets and spurs and a first-class wagon with six good ‘team mules’ with harness were also required. “Each station required 4-6 men to protect the stock and defend it against attacks by Indians. It was no easy task carving stations out of the Wilderness and several reports state that many of the station sites were not chosen for the resources in the area but rather they were chosen simply on distance between stations.Ĭhorpenning, in his claim against the Government for breach of contract, described what it took to outfit the stations and his line: Along this route he built new stations every 20-25 miles. By the spring of 1859, Chorpenning had a good stage road under construction all the way to Ruby Valley. 21, 1858, 300 head of cattle and 50 wagons departed Salt Lake City heading west to establish Chorpenning’s new line.
When he heard about Simpson’s preliminary exploration in the fall of 1858 where Simpson made it out as far as Shortcut (Dugway) Pass, Chorpenning, Howard Egan and several others explored their own route west and by Nov. Failure was simply not an option for these men.Ĭhorpenning was constantly searching for a shorter route to California. The men lived on mule meat and went 4 days without a shred of food, covering 200 miles on foot through the snowy desert and staggered into Salt Lake City with the mail on their backs. The winter that year was extreme and all the animals froze to death along the trek. In February of 1852 a party of 5 men carrying the mail for Chorpenning, left California with 10 horses and mules.
To give a better idea of just how dedicated the men of the Jackass Mail were, consider the following story. Only then will your horizon be broadened to the point where you can fathom just how incredible some of our predecessors’ accomplishments were. The only way to truly appreciate the incredible feats that pioneers and early entrepreneurs achieved, you have to get out on the landscape and travel the long, bumpy, dusty miles of the dirt roads or cross portions of the desert and hike through the mountains on foot. “The World is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” 'Dalglish is well on his way to join the ranks of Peter V.George Chorpenning’s ‘Jackass Mail’ comtinued
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