File:Stagecoach from Sacramento to Portland (1867) (ADVERT 153).jpeg

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On July 1, 1866, the Oregon Stage Company began operating a route from Sacramento to Portland. The company monopolized stagecoach travel between Oregon and California until 1887, when railroads connected the states. Its propreitor, Henry Corbett, was a successful wholesale merchant and the city treasurer of Portland. Corbett served in the United States Senate from 1867 to 1873.

  • Geographic coverage: United States
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Stagecoaches; Carriages & coaches; Horses
  • Subjects (LCSH): Stagecoach lines--United States; Animals in advertising
  • Categories: Transportation and communication; Automobiles, carriages and wagons; Tourism and travel
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English: Early Advertising of the West Collection
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English: Oregon Stage Company
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institution QS:P195,Q219563
Department
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University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
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153
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Daily. Through in six days! From Sacramento to Oroville, per railroad. From there, per stage, through Chico, Tehama, Red Bluff, Shasta...Corvallis, Albany, Salem, Oregon City, to Portland, Oregon. Passing through the valleys of Rogue River, Umpqua & Willamette. This portion of the Pacific slope embraces the most beautiful and attractive, as well as some of the most bold, grand and picturesque scenery on the continent...H.W. Corbett and Co., Proprietors.
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H.G. Langley
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ADV0389
Company/Advertising Agency
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Oregon Stage Company
Publisher
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H.G. Langley
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San Francisco
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The Pacific coast business directory ... containing ... the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia. Also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities, and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast, p. xii

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