SHICAGO
FINAL NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE
GAR
GAP
OCT
08
6 PM
1949
ILL.
FRINK & WALKER'S STAGE COACH
OFFICE, 1856
-from a mural painting by Lawrence C. Earle.
CHICAGO HISTORICAL CACHET
Mr. Ralph :. Koppelm.
373 16th Street, S. .
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The first stage coach line west from Chicago was
established in 1834 by Dr. John L. Temple. John Frink
soon established competing lines to Galena and all other
important points in the west.
Walker, quickly merged and fully controlled all the
stage and mail contract business west of Chicago. Their
Chicago office was at Lake and Dearborn streets and
from it a vast system of stage lines was operated
before the advent of the railroads.
He, with Martin O.
THE CHICAGO PHILATELIC SOCIETY
