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Shown within the walls of Sutter’s Fort in circa 1920 are two of the most important early modes of transportation in the United States. The classic stagecoach built by Abbot, Downing & Co. of Concord, New Hampshire was so popular that Wells, Fargo & Co. ordered 150 of the “Concord” coaches and owned 1,500 horses to pull them. The coaches were built to carry nine passengers inside and in a pinch almost that many could fit on top. The larger vehicle was known as a “Conestoga” wagon or “Prairie Schooner,” a smaller version of freight wagons used from about 1750 to 1850 that were 17 feet long, nearly seven feet wide and nine feet tall. Both vehicles have a long pole or “tongue” in front that the horse or oxen teams ran or walked on either side of.
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