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Montana-Idaho Stagecoach
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| Accession #: | 770.1 |
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| Title: | Montana-Idaho Stagecoach |
| Object Type: | Stagecoach |
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| Physical Description: | Passenger compartment is painted red with initials USM painted on the side. Sides of coach are open with cloth curtains that roll down. Back of coach has a leather cargo compartment. There is a railing around top of coach to accommodate cargo. Spoke wheels are painted yellow. |
| Description: | Painted in the popular red and yellow colors, this stagecoach made its first trip east of Helena in 1872, carrying Mike McGinnis, Montana Territory's first Congressional representative. For the next thirty years it provided passenger and mail service between the Great Divide and Bannock and Gibbonsville, ID. The coach often transported gold dust and bullion over remote mountain trails, resulting in frequent hold-ups. Stagecoaches offered speedy and important connections to areas without rail service. They traveled rough roads through all kinds of weather and risked hold-ups for the gold and silver that they carried. For safety, a man armed with a shotgun rode beside the driver. Source: Collection records, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane. |
| Category: | History |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Transportation (Tools & Equipment)
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| Dimensions: |
overall length,large 11,5 ft
overall width,large 6,25 ft
length 78"
width 61"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
leather (Material)
wood (Material)
metal (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
USM
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| Credit Line: | Gift of the Newberry Company, 1929 |
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