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Early Stage Coach Routes Furnished Good Service for Mills Co. Travelers
Mills County tales describe early stage routes along Silver Creek and Keg Creek, later towns like Glenwood and Bethlehem, and the bustling travel era before railroads. The piece covers bull trains, bullwackers, and trading posts such as Trader's Point, plus moral notes on Underground Railroad activity centered in Tabor and the county's response to the Pike's Peak gold rush. It includes diary excerpts from Aunt Kate Buffington and local reminiscences of stage lines, station stops, and the cultural shift as iron horses replaced carriages, with social notes from Hastings area.
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Silver Creek
Cutler
Our
Frontier Guardian
California
Trader's Point
St. Marys Township
Besside
Pike’s Peak
Mills County
Pikes Peak
Barker
Plattsmouth
Pike's Peak
Pacific City
Gillislands
Underground Railroad
Tabor
Free Sollers
Kansas
Free Soil
John Brown
John Todd
Mud Creek
Hastings
Missouri
Underground
Iowa
Harper’s Ferry
Jenny Jones
Davenport
Council Bluffs
St. Joe
John Plumer
Chas. Plumer Jr
Glenwood
Silver City
Frank Plumer
aArthur Burkin
Hustinga
Mark Bowen Hune
Council Bluffe
Western Stage Company
Center Township
Frank Luttington
Jay Wright
Frank Wright
Freiehter Ue