AM 1240 WJON » stagecoach http://wjon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 23:20:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 First Stagecoach Line Opened – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/first-stagecoach-line-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/first-stagecoach-line-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:58:17 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=18966 June 21st, 1859 – Stagecoach line between St. Cloud and the Red River opened. In 1859, J.C. Burbank and Company of St. Paul combined with the firm of Allen and Chase to form the Minnesota Stage Company and immediately set about the task of clearing a road and building stations and bridges along the route. After three weeks of work, the first two stages left St. Cloud on June 21, 1859, loaded with passengers.

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