Ad for Oregon Line of Stage Coaches - Americana

Old "Copy" of an advertisement for the Oregon Line of Stage Coaches! 10 inches by 13.5 inches. Not a period item.

The Overland Trail, also known as the Overland Stage Line, was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century. While portions of the route had been used by explorers and trappers since the 1820s, it gained significant prominence in the 1860s as an alternative route to the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails through central Wyoming. Notably, the Overland Trail was famously utilized by the Overland Stage Company, owned by Ben Holladay, to transport mail and passengers to Salt Lake City, Utah, using stagecoaches in the early 1860s. The trail commenced in Atchison, Kansas, before descending into Colorado before looping back up to southern Wyoming and rejoining the Oregon Trail at Fort Bridger. The Overland Stage Line operated until 1869 when the completion of the First transcontinental railroad rendered mail service via stagecoach obsolete.