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
There was an overland route from St. Louis and Memphis, Tenn., to San Francisco that required a roughly 22-day journey by horse-drawn stagecoach.
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
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
In August 1852, Phineas leaves New England forever, bound for Chile and a new life as a stagecoach driver.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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
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
The Booth’s art collection is vast, with about a dozen galleries showcasing paintings, photographs, sculptures and artifacts that include two full-size stagecoaches.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
He painted New York streetscapes and stagecoaches riding into fiery sunsets—and then, once he'd filled the basement walls with his efforts, he stopped painting as mysteriously as he'd begun.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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