overland stage

noun

1. a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overland stage¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The Overland stage long ago made its last trip, and will not start any more.

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The only stations—and miserably primitive ones at that—lay along Ben Holliday's overland stage route.

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Here he could take an overland stage for the rest of his journey.

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Our route was the old overland stage route on the south side of the Gila.

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Thompson was a typical Vermonter and a good, popular fellow, who long kept the Overland Stage station.

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