stagecoach

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

When Colorado-bound Mo is relegated to the back of a stagecoach, one anticipates “Surrounded,” directed by Anthony Mandler, might play as a rollicking, racially enlightened genre variant.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Bell parked his truck at the end of a long dirt road, near an old stagecoach stop.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

That harks back to the stagecoach or pokey train eras when a governor could be incommunicado for days or weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Major Christian Piercy had fled Philadelphia after his son and an apprentice caught the fever, bribing a stagecoach driver to take him and his family to south Jersey.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Mr. Crytzer’s narrative hums along with the National Road’s traffic as he colorfully describes Pony Express riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons and many thousands of migrants wending ever westward, feeding the nation’s economic and territorial growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Banners with photos of veterans and dead soldiers peer over sidewalks and legend has it that Jesse James lived here in an age of stagecoaches and outlaws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

But when trains put stagecoaches out of business, Cashup dared to risk it all — by building that lavish hotel.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

Much of the roadway originally was designed for stagecoaches, said Kristen Brengel, senior vice-president of public affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

In that part of the prairie, you can still make out ruts dug by stagecoaches and cattle drives of the 1800s.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan