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Concord Stage Coach Stories Echo Montana History
A Montana writer recalls the Concord stage coach and its role in opening the Treasure State and the Northwest. The piece traces its 1864 Virginia City mail route, the daring effort of Bob Spottswood to stock and launch the line, and the relics that remain as weathered symbols of a romantic transportation era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Montana
Glacier National Park
Inter-Park
Lake McDonald
Lake McDonald Camp
Lewis Glacier Hotel
McDonald Creek
Avalanch Trail
Avalanch
Creek
Great Northwest
Intermountain
Park Transportation Company
Treasure
Plains
Great West
Rocky Mountains
Virginia City
Montana Territory
Salt Lake
Ben Halladay
Great Overland Line
Leavenworth
California
Halladay
West
Robert J. Spottswood
Bob’ Spottswood
Bob Spottswood
Overland
George Slade
Spottswood
Virginia
Fort Kearney
Nebraska
Laramie
Wyoming
South Platte River
Julesburg
Sweetwater
Wilbur F. Sanders
Sanders
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Portland
Ore
Holladay
Wells-Fargo Company
Dutch Charlie
May Reed
Williams
Bannack
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Express
Montana Line
Kentucky
Hudson River
New York City
Great Falls
Lewistown
Ben Holladay
Treasure State