Show I l- l FArl Early transportation methods Inthe in inthe inthe the IntermountaIn country were greatly Improved after Hen Ben tn Holladay Holladay Holla- Holla day obtained control contro of ot The Che he over overland over over- land service Among the first things that he hl did for Utah was to establish a stage line between Salt Halt Lake City and Helena Mont This line followed what is now the iho Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Short Line railroad A little tittle Inh later I he established a stage line to the northwest via Boise DOlle and on through to Oregon and The Dalles Dalies Ills His contract with the government go for the carrying of the United States mall mail enabled him to build buildup buildup up UI a stage system that in that earl early date was vas a marvel mar Another route established from Salt Lake Lak CIt City was yas one to Denver which lot fol lowed the old Spanish h trail Raids of ot the Indians upon the stations built by Holladay HOllada became so frequent that the route was chan changed ed The route which had followed the North Platte river liver andover and andover andover over South Pass was changed so 60 that it followed the South Platte river to Julesburg In Colorado and then over the plains crossing the continental divide at Bridgers Bridger's Pass and then down Green 11 river 1 to Ft Bridget Bridget- At the latter point the old line Une was reached and from frons there down the trail trall to Salt Lake Lale I FEARLESS MEN After the UniOn n and Central Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- railroads were constructed the wane of or the stage coach began Wells ells Fargo Co had purchased the business of Holladay in 1866 and when the railroad Il was opened that firm began the He running ol of stases stages to towns back from flom the t railroad The men who drove the overland stages were men who ho knew no fear and it was said of or them that they never got tired The teams which they drove and the coaches which the they had belonged to them so to speak and and it is told of one of them to show how they were cle attached to he line that lie ho had driven miles in ip hours almost six miles m per ver hour and that this was vas done without him having a wink o of at sl sleep ep And about those old Concord stage coaches Easy riding it wain wa wain in them when loaded but wheal running light it vas waff fierce The name given them Concord was due to the fact that they were made in Concord N. N II n. and from Hill Bill Co C. Ii in hi the same cit city came cam the harness There was a boot li Is both front and rear o 0 oi the coach Light baggage was carried on the top of ot the stage In the rear boot was Avas placed the mall mali and in the front boot the treasure chests were ere located ted Attach Attached d t to the st stage ge were six beautiful horses hOIse matches matche when p possible and they hey were vere ere changed about every twelve miles mlles The arrival of ot the stage coach In Salt Lake was always an event and the townspeople would gather g ab about ut the old s Salt lt Lake h house about the time the c coach ach was wat scheduled to arrive and the passengers passengers passengers pas pas- were given givert more than cordial cor cor- corhal dial hal welcome YELLING DRIVERS Jn Ju driving the overland over the range the drivers on the the decline would give a yell that was like the cry of a Comanche Indian and then down the grade would ouid give tenderfeet the thrill of of their lives With horses attached to the inge Lage going on a gallop Just a a- a fast as they could coula go 0 with th the stage apparently L ready to tall fall down into great chasms and swayIng sway sway- ing from Crom one side of ot the road to the other the tse tenderfoot would a af ar said be given en the thrill of his life Ufe And yet et pt with all the speed m made ma-de de den n n those days with all the chasm chasms and and danger points by which the drove rov their teams of six six aix horses around points In the range Iange th the number of ot accidents could be accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for but they were nothing in comparison to the motor vehicle accidents of tOda today It was safet safety first then It is safety first now but the accidents to the overland system of ot transportation re wt-re re reduced reduced re- re to the minimum for Cor the drivers stopped looked and lIstened lis us- |