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Feb 2, 2023 · But as True West Magazine tells us, passengers were often packed together in ways that made good friends of total strangers, whether they wanted to be or not. A simple stage supposedly held up to nine adult passengers, but that was if everyone's legs and knees were intertwined.
Sep 7, 2013 · There are several firsthand accounts of stagecoach travel, many with amusing anecdotes about the trial and tribulations of being knocked about inside a carriage and coming in intimate contact with strangers.
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- The Concord Stagecoach
- Ben Holladay and The Overland Express
- Stagecoach Robberies
- The End of The Reign of The Stagecoach
The Concord Stagecoach was built like a basket on leather straps that swung from side to side, weighed more than a ton, and cost somewhere between $1500 and $1800. Concords had a seat in front, in back, and one in the middle seating nine when full and leaving little leg room, but passengers were also allowed to ride on top. The creators of the Conc...
One of the most famous stagecoach owners and operators was Ben Holladay who traveled in a personalized stagecoach with gold scrollwork and matching dapple-gray horses. Holladay owned the Overland Mail & Express Company, which he bought from the Pony Express in 1862. Holladay had a contract with the United States Post Office that paid $365,000 a yea...
Stagecoach travel could be dangerous, too. During the gold rush years in the Rocky Mountains the Wells Fargo line had such a difficult time protecting its passengers and cargo that it created a standard form letter for reporting robberies. Wells Fargo nailed safes to the floorboards of the coaches, hired armed guards to protect shipments and taught...
Ben Holladay may have made a wise financial decision when he sold the Overland stage line as railroads soon became the primary method of transporting both humans and cargo, but trains were still confined to their tracks and it was actually the introduction of the automobile that finally brought an end to the use of stagecoaches in the early 1900s. ...
Jun 23, 2013 · Stagecoach travel was a dangerous business in the American West. Roads were rocky, rutted, and sometimes impassible. Bandits, a constant threat, viewed stagecoach passengers like cats watching birds in a cage.
In 1880, a group of strangers in Wyoming Territory boards the east-bound stagecoach from Dry Fork to Cheyenne. The travellers seem ordinary, but many have secrets that they are running from.
The stagecoach was the major vehicle for overland group transport until railroads began to dominate in the 1850s. Rural inhabitants continued to rely on stagecoaches for local travel, and hotels sent them to meet trains or take guests sightseeing.
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Numerous stagecoach lines and express services dotted the American West as entrepreneurs fought to compete for passengers, freight, and, most importantly, profitable government mail contracts.
