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
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
That harks back to the stagecoach or pokey train eras when a governor could be incommunicado for days or weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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
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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
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
They included stagecoaches, wagons, private coaches, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, buggies, and surreys.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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