stagecoach

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Consider Joseph Morgan III. Born in 1780 into a Welsh immigrant family that became successful Massachusetts farmers, he sold the farm and invested in a Hartford, Conn., coffeehouse and stagecoach line.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

From there, it was hauled by stagecoach to the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Coulterville, where horse riders grabbed it for the last 55-mile leg of the journey.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

After it opened in 1879 in an old Army barracks, thousands of Native American children were sent by train and stagecoach to Carlisle.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

But there was a collective sense of history in the making, and even a tingle or two as the newly crowned king and queen passed in their gold stagecoach.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

After that they began to show up every morning at Maxine’s bus stop, looking sneaky and dangerous, like some outlaw gang about to hold up the stagecoach.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson