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"A train of freight wagons like these were a common sight on the road between Wolcott and Routt County points, before the advent of the Moffatt Road. By traveling together freighters could lend assistance to one another in case of an equipment breakdown, encountering a mudhole or a steep grade, of which there were many. This photo was taken about a mile north west of McCoy, by A. B. Noyce of Steamboat Springs in the spring of 1903. The three freighters...
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Canon City and Cripple Creek Stage standing in front of the St. Cloud Office. Three teams of two horses are hitched to the stagecoach on which is sitting eight men. There are five men standing in front of the coach and one standing by the horses.
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"Stage fare from Wolcott to McCoy was $2.00, to Yampa, $4.00 and to Steamboat, $7.00. Light baggage was carried free." -- McCoy Memoirs p.25
Photo labled both 1890 [verso] and 1900.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1890: Stage between Deep Lake and Glenwood Springs owned by Jake Borah to bring guests to deep Lake. Also ran between Eagle and Fulford. Two men and a dog stand behind the stage with two men in the box. Pulled by four horses. Stage is standing in front of a log cabin. Lettering on side of stage includes: "U.S.M."; "Eagle and Fulford."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
