Railroad Stage Line

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The Railroad Stage Line was established in 1866[1] by Hill Beachy.[2]

The line connected with the Central Pacific railhead, traveled to Winnemucca and then north to the mines of Idaho.

Some of the stations were:

A 1967 source states that the stage left Winnemucca, traveled to Willow Point Station in Paradise Valley, then over Paradise Hill Pass to the Quinn River Valley and then to Rattlesnake Creek in the Owyhee basin.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "William C. (Hill) Beachey: Nevada-California-Idaho Stage-coach King," Goodwin, Victor, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, X (Spring 1967), 3-46.
  2. "Hill Beachy's California and South Idaho Stage Line, " in "A Group of Expresses," A. J. Hertz, Western Express, October, 1962.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Idaho Yesterdays," p. 12, Volumes 26-27, 1982.