Stagecoach Travel

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The stagecoach was the major vehicle for overland group transport until railroads began to dominate in the 1850s. Rural inhabitants continued to rely on stagecoaches for local travel, and hotels sent them to meet trains or take guests sightseeing.

Aquatint Print, "High Street, Philadelphia, with an American Stage Waggon," 1795-1807

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Stagecoach at Lick Obervatory, Mount Hamilton, California, circa 1905

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Stage Coaches and Conestoga Wagons in Front of an Inn (Photograph of a Drawing), circa 1840 - 1

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Engraving, "American Stage Wagon," Published December 21, 1798 - 1

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Stagecoach, Harlem, Montana, circa 1900

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Broadside Advertising the Minnesota Stage Company, 1868

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View of an Early Flat-Topped Coach, 1832-1835

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Advertisement for a Stagecoach Line Running from Boston, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island, 1825

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Broadside, "The Philadelphia, Charleston, and Baltimore New Line of Stages," 1788

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Park Stage at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, circa 1905

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Great United States Mail Lines via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the National Road, 1852

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Waybill for Piles Stagecoach Line from Vincennes, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1825 - 1

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Mail Cotractor P. Roberts Independence Missouri, good for ten cents Recivable for Stage (Coach) Fare & other Dues - 1

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Waybill for Stagecoach Travel from Fairport to Warren, Ohio, 1829

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Concord Coach Hitched to Four Horses in Front of Post Office, circa 1885 - 1

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On the Road to the Grand Canon [sic] of the Colorado, 1880-1900

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1891 Abbot Downing Concord Coach - 7

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Copperplate Engraving, "Mansion House," 1842-1847 - 1

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Settlement at Howardsville, Baker's Park, Colorado, circa 1878

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Print Showing Stagecoach about to Start, 1810-1820

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Wood Engraving, American Coach, circa 1827

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Wood Engraving, Four-Horse Coach with Rumble Seat and Roof Seats, circa 1827

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Wood Engraving, Four-Horse American Coach of the Football-Shaped Variety, circa 1827

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Mail Stage Rules, circa 1826

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Steel Engraving, "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven CT," circa 1840

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Trade Card for Harper & Tufts' Mail Stages, Adirondacks, New York, 1873-1874

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Trade Card for Eureka Harness Oil and Boston Coach Axle Oil, circa 1893

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"Start from Dolores to the San Juan," Dolores, Colorado, 1882-1900

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Mail Coaches Changing Horses at a New England Tavern, 1855 - 1

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Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830

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Waybill for Stagecoach and Rail Travel, "Rail-Road Line of Stages from North-Canaan to New York," 1841

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Newspaper Advertisement for Passenger Travel on the New York and Albany Mail Stage, 1804

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Julian Stage Line Stage Wagon, circa 1900 - 2

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