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stagecoach

[steyj-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

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

From Seattle Times May 22, 2023

But there was a collective sense of history in the making, and even a tingle or two as the newly crowned king and queen passed in their gold stagecoach.

From New York Times May 6, 2023

Behind them, but not with them, came a stagecoach escorted by four or five horsemen.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

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 road once carried stagecoaches during the Gold Rush, twisting its way through what is now a national forest and an area of the Sierra Nevada known for snowmobiling.

From Seattle Times Dec. 31, 2021

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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