stagecoach

Example Sentences

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The first recorded report of that “steaming mountain” was made in 1835 by a man traveling north by stagecoach to Lompoc, according to the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

When ‌a band of outlaws overtakes the stagecoach, Brett Gelman, as a whisky peddler, recognizes one and observes, in a ridiculous faux-British accent, “You’re Tommy Walsh.”

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

She had thought a single stagecoach struggling to hold back the horses on a downhill run was unbearably noisy.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson