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Bookmark or Share- Stagecoach - WikipediaStagecoaches, often known by the French name "Diligence" - a smaller model with room for six passengers and a bigger one for ten, drawn by two horses (in the city, on the plain or on a good road) or three (on intercity and elevated roads) - were the main means of public transportation in Ottoman Palestine between the middle of the 19th century ...
- The Stagecoach - Historic UKOriginating in England in the 13th century, the stagecoach as we know it first appeared on England’s roads in the early 16th century. A stagecoach is so called because it travels in segments or “stages” of 10 to 15 miles. At a stage stop, usually a coaching inn, horses would be changed and travellers would have a meal or a drink, or stay overnight.
- Stagecoaches of the American West – Legends of AmericaNumerous stagecoach lines and express services dotted the American West as entrepreneurs fought to compete for passengers, freight, and, most importantly, profitable government mail contracts.
- Concord coach - WikipediaThe Concord coach was an American horse-drawn coach, often used as stagecoaches, mailcoaches, and hotel coaches. The term was first used for the coaches built by coach-builder J. Stephen Abbot and wheelwright Lewis Downing of the Abbot-Downing Company in Concord, New Hampshire, but later to be sometimes used generically.
- The Legend of the Stagecoach - Western HorsemanThe historical relevance of stagecoaches is not lost on Harris, and he lives to share it. He points out the similarities between the stagecoach lines of yesteryear and present-day transportation. “The stagecoach stops were like the truck stops of today,” he explains.
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