overland stage
noun
a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
Origin of overland stage
1First recorded in 1855–60
Words Nearby overland stage
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How to use overland stage in a sentence
The overland stage long ago made its last trip, and will not start any more.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe only stations—and miserably primitive ones at that—lay along Ben Holliday's overland stage route.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardHere he could take an overland stage for the rest of his journey.
The Last American Frontier | Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) PaxsonOur route was the old overland stage route on the south side of the Gila.
Frontier service during the rebellion | George H. PettisThompson was a typical Vermonter and a good, popular fellow, who long kept the overland stage station.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris Newmark
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