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Holladay the Overland King That Shaped the West
Ben Holladay, famed Overland stage founder, built a vast network across the Missouri to California, managing 5000 miles of routes with 5000 horses and 500 coaches. His venture prospered during the Civil War, but Indian raids and Union Pacific competition later ruined him, leading to sale of his line and a modest estate by 1877.
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Orfe
Ben Nolladay
Trans-Mississippi
Holladay
Kentucky
Weston
Platte County
Missouri
California
Salt Lake
Rocky Mountains
Overland Stage Line
Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
Pony Express
Overland
Missouri River
Independence
Samuel Woodson
Utah
United States
Woodson
Placerville
Central Overland California and
Pike’s Peak Express
C. O. C. & P. P. Express
Pioneer Express
Virginia City
Comstock
Concord
Sierra Nevada Range
Bannock
Helena
Montana
Owyhee
Idaho City
Boise
Idaho
Dallas City
Walla Walla
Omaha
Nebraska City
Fort Kearney
Atchison
Smoky Hill
Denver
Central City
California Gulch
Leadville
Blue River
Kansas
Grand Island
Nebraska
Salt Lake Valley
St. Louis
R. J. Spotswood
Spotswood
Sweetwater
Washington
Wasatch Range
Rockies
Plains
Ben
Congress
New York
Hudson River
America
Ophir
Europe
Franklin Square
Colorado
Panama
Union Pacific
Central Pacific