![]() ![]() ![]() Though stagecoach travel for passengers was uncomfortable, it was often the only means of travel and was safer than traveling alone. Often braving terrible weather, pitted roads, treacherous terrain, and Indian and bandit attacks, the stagecoach lines valiantly carried on during westward expansion, despite the hazards. Numerous stagecoach lines and express services dotted the American West as entrepreneurs fought to compete for passengers, freight, and, most importantly, profitable government mail contracts. From: Six Horses by Captain William Banning & George Hugh Banning, 1928. Spinsters fair and forty, maids in youthful charms, Suddenly are cast into their neighbors’ arms Children shoot like squirrels darting through a cage- Isn’t it delightful, riding in a stage?įeet are interlacing, heads severely bumped, Friend and foe together get their noses thumped Dresses act as carpets-listen to the sage “Life is but a journey taken in a stage.” What is so provoking as riding in a stage? Creeping through the valley, crawling o’er the hill, Splashing through the branches, rumbling o’er the mill, Putting nervous gentlemen in a towering rage. ![]()
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