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Ben Holladay and the Overland Stage Legacy in Montana
The article recalls Ben Holladay the Overland King and frontier magnate, noting his role in starting stage coach service to Montana and his rise and fall. It recounts his Virginia City mail contract in 1864, his vast yet costly stage network, and losses from Indian raids and road agents. It also covers his later ventures in Oregon, his wealth collapse, and his death in 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Holladay
Overland King and Croesus
Frontier
Trail
Montana
Overland
Buffalo
West
Overland Mail
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Overland Stage Company
Holladay
Boise
Idaho
Salt Lake
R. J. Spottswood
Spottswood
Missouri River
Kentucky
Old Blue Lick Battlefield
William Holladay
Ben
Doniphan
Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Oregon
Panama
Japan
China
Portland
United States
Samuel Woodson
Independence
Kansas
California
Judge Woodson
W. M. F. McGraw
Maryland
McGraw
Kimball & Co
A. S. Johnson
Shiloh
Fort Bridger
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Placerville
Slade
Julesburg
Colorado
North Platte and
Sweetwater
Bridger’s Pass
Bitter Creek
George K. Otis
Wells, Fargo & Co
Oregon & California
Waterloo
Salem