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Well?

every day

I get to run the scattergun.

No, have you??

you're lying td

Pard, Riding on a stagecoach was a common mode of transportation in the 19th century, particularly in the American West. For those that don't know a stagecoach was a four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to carry passengers and mail over long distances. The interior of a stagecoach was typically cramped and uncomfortable, with wooden benches for seating and limited legroom. Passengers often had to endure bumpy roads, extreme temperatures, and exposure to the elements. In addition, stagecoaches were often targets for robbers, who would attempt to steal passengers' valuables or the mail being transported. Despite the discomfort and danger, riding on a stagecoach was often the fastest and most efficient way to travel long distances in the 19th century. Stagecoach routes were established all across the United States, connecting remote towns and cities and enabling commerce and communication to flourish in previously isolated areas. Today, riding on a stagecoach is primarily a tourist attraction, with many historic sites offering stagecoach rides as a way to experience a glimpse of life in the Old West. While the modern-day stagecoach may offer a more comfortable ride than its 19th-century counterpart, it still offers a unique and nostalgic way to travel and experience history.

no I'm not, really I do

Yes!!!! Back when Six Flags Over Texas had one back in the 1960's. It was the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach

This is in the Sid Richardson Museum in downtown Fort Worth, well worth a stop to see everything inside.



A TAINT ON THE WIND
Artist: Frederic Remington
Year Completed: 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27.125 x 40 inches


In the final years of his life, Remington, who had always made pictures that conformed to his personal vision of the West, broke away from the literal and gave his imagination free rein. He particularly loved night scenes. Darkness concealed the mundane, while moonlight and shadow created instant drama. A Taint on the Wind is filled with tension as the spooked horses turn their heads toward some unseen peril lurking in the shadowy sagebrush outside the picture’s borders. As an illustrator, Remington would have spelled out the cause of the horses’ panic, but now as an artist he wanted only to imply the cause. Normally a coach traveling through dangerous country at night would not have its lanterns lit; however, Remington has sacrificed accuracy for artistic considerations by lighting both lanterns to reveal the figures and action, resulting in a carefully integrated work of art.

Never a stage coach, but I have been in plenty of horse drawn carriages/buggies.
My mom competed in carriage driving events. She won nearly every event she entered.

Tony

Not a stage coach but on the old farm wagon lots of times as a kid, my grandfather farmed with horses.

Naw, but I wished i could get a ride in a Ticonderoga wagon just like on the Organ trale!

Yes, its how I arrived at Vlad Draculas castle 133 years ago.

Yes

At silver dollar city

What a about a Conestoga Wagon?


With the corn meal and teamed by a pair of oxen?

Yep. Glad I have a motor powered automobile

There nice to! But I like a Tigondroga best.

Yes. Pro - the suspension system was much better than I expected. Neg - straight back seating.

I rode in one in Jackson WY. Even on the city streets, it rode rougher than it should have. A ten minute ride felt like 10 hours. Gotta lot of respect for those who rode in them back in the day.

This was my stripped down ghetto version of a Stagecoach, but it was fast and it was all mine