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stagecoach

[stayj-kohch] / ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃ /


NOUN
prairie schooner
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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

Eventually, one yeasty starter from the new brew was taken by stagecoach to Copenhagen, Denmark.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 26, 2023

"Sir Knight, we beg you, don't kill him!" the lady in the stagecoach cried.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

By 1858, the famous Butterfield stagecoaches were ferrying the mail through the cut over the pass, hazarding a vertiginous angle comparable with San Francisco’s Lombard Street, without the switchbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

He’s also known for working at the Mescal film set and pulling stagecoaches at Old Tucson.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

History lovers will adore the nearby Pioneer Yosemite History Center with preserved buildings moved from other parts of the park and an 1857 covered bridge used by stagecoaches coming into Yosemite in the early days.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2019

He has worked hard all his life, on the family farm, on the railroad, in the livery stable, and on the Chilean stagecoaches.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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