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
“We had almost an hour wait for lunch,” said Bianca Anderson, the assistant manager, adding that crowds that normally spill out on the former stagecoach stop instead packed into the bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 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
Bell parked his truck at the end of a long dirt road, near an old stagecoach stop.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 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
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
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
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
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
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