10,000 Miles by Stage

Carrie Strahorn wrote a wonderful book—still in print—about stagecoach travel in the West called 10,000 Miles by Stage. She and her husband Robert were newly married in 1878 when they traveled through Montana and other western states. Mrs. Strahorn’s astute observations about the characters they encountered, stage stops, hotels, and scenery are very entertaining.

Carrie Strahorn is the author of 10,000  Miles by Stage. Photo courtesy Idaho Historical Society.The Strahorns s...