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Stage coach relics and legends in American West lore
A history of old Concord stage coaches and their travels across the West. Notable routes, famous passengers, and the Smithsonian and Will Rogers stories illustrate the romance and rugged practicality of early U.S. transportation. The article traces builders Abbott-Downing of Concord and the coach’s enduring design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Helena
Bozeman
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Yellowstone Park
General Sherman
Fort Ellis
Mont
P. B. Clark
Stage
Washington
Will Rogers
Fred Stone
Smithsonian Institution
Concord
Museum
San Francisco
New York
Panama Canal
Potomac
Arts and Industries
Wred Stone
Stone
Beverly Hills
Calif
Rogers
Colonel Lindbergh
Buster Keaton
Zoad Was Featured In A Press Dispatch From ‘Las’ Animas
Colo
Southwest
Sledgenworth
Denver
Horace Greeley
Grant
Bent County Fair Association
L. G. Kurtz
Elder
Greeley
S. Www
Nott
Mark Twain
Joe Goodman
Virginia, City Enterprise
Monk
Goodman
Hank Monk
America
trans-Mississippi Frontier
West
New England
Abbott-Downing Company
N. H
Lewis Browning
England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Abbotts of
Raphael Pumpelly
Butterfield
Tipton
Tucson
Ariz
Westaon Newspaper Union