stage-road

It was from the mate of the vessel, saying that his sailing would be delayed two days, and requesting me to take a message from him to his family, who lived in a small village six miles back from what was called the stage-road.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various

Harris led the way along the rugged mountain stage-road, that, after leaving

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

Confederate States forces under my command, and tend to the restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at ten A.M. to-morrow on the old stage-road to Richmond, between the picket-lines of the two armies.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

The trail goes by that there belt of timber, then jines the stage-road to Allewe, an 'follows that a piece, then it shunts off to the west straight for the bluff thar, purty nearly a bee-line.

Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton

How absolutely essential was that stage-road, winding over the snow fields!

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

Our destination was a country tavern on the stage-road, not far from the point where the road crosses the ridge of the mountain range, and about sixteen miles from the town.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

The writer is indebted to N. Gammon, Esq., formerly of Jonesboro, now a citizen of Knoxville, for the following inscription, still to be seen upon a beech tree, standing in sight and east of the present stage-road, leading from Jonesboro to

Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Cecil B. Hartley

The stage-road from Vera Cruz crosses this marsh for fourteen miles, and has a great number of small stone bridges, beneath which the water runs with considerable current toward the north, on account of the difference of level between the southern fresh-water ponds and the lower salt-water ponds, as in the days of Cortéz.

Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Robert A. Wilson

After breakfast Hiram K. Hull hitched our horses to the wagon, got his own horses ready, and then said, "'T ain't more 'n half a mile straight out between them two hills to the stage-road, but I guess I had better go and show you exactly, or you will be millin' around here all day, tryin 'to find it."

Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart

When at length we reached the smooth stage-road I began to question him: "Are you the general's son?"

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various