stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch 
: a horse-drawn passenger and mail coach running on a regular schedule between established stops
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The property was owned in the 1800s by one of the early Big Sur settler families, the Pfeiffers, who operated a lodge and cabins for visitors who came by stagecoach.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly 200 buildings in the historic downtown district are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including a 1779 stagecoach stop that today is the Old Talbott Tavern, the oldest bourbon bar in the world.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
There are several Civil War Westerns where a stagecoach full of gold is robbed.
—Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The Inn at Narrow Passage is an 18th-century stagecoach inn along the Shenandoah River.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly 200 buildings in the historic downtown district are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including a 1779 stagecoach stop that today is the Old Talbott Tavern, the oldest bourbon bar in the world.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
There are several Civil War Westerns where a stagecoach full of gold is robbed.
—Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The Inn at Narrow Passage is an 18th-century stagecoach inn along the Shenandoah River.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Stagecoach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecoach. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch
: a coach pulled by horses that carries passengers and mail and runs on a schedule between established stops
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