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Wagon Trail Routes – Yellowstone Valley Regions

 

 

MONTANA STAGE COMPANY (1887)[1]

(Bought Assets of Billings & Benton Stage Line c Aug 23, 1887)

 

Daily from Billings (except Sunday)

Lavina

Ubet

Cottonwood

Lewistown

Maiden

Philbrook

Utica

Stanford

Ft Benton

 

 

GREAT FALLS LEWISTOWN & BILLINGS TRANSPORTATION LINE (05)

(Operates 4-horse coaches, departs Billings at 6:00 am – WC Doherty Proprietor, GF)

 

Musselshell

Flat Willow

Grass Range

Gilt Edge

Lewistown

 

 

 

 

 

BILLINGS & LAVINA STAGE LINE (05)

(Departs from Post Office – Billings)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOWLER & BRIDGER STAGE (05)

(Departs Bowler every other day for Bridger; fare $2.00)

 

Bridger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUNN BRYON STAGE (05)

(Musselshell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PORTER S W STAGE (05)

(Leaves every morning, except Sunday, from Columbus Mercantile Store; Seth W Porter, Proprietor)

 

Absarokee

Fishtail

Nye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLUMBUS ABSAROKEE - DEAN & NYE (12-16)

Departs Columbus (Fare to Absarokee $1.00 – operates daily, carries mail)

 

Absarokee

Fishtail

Dean

Nye

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOSTER & CUSTER EXPRESS & STAGE LINE (12-18)

(Departs Foster, six miles from Crow Agency – mail delivery tri-weekly; ID Wood)

Fare $1.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RED LODGE & BEAR CREEK STAGE LINE (12-18)

(Departs 21 W 11th, Red Lodge, CD “Wild Bill” Revell,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STILLWATER TRANSPORTATION CO. (12)

(Departs Dean)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEARCREEK AND WASHOE STAGE LINE (14)

(Departs 102 N Hauser Ave, Red Lodge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOSTIC & McCLURE STAGE (14)

Departs the Pollard – Red Lodge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARTER GARRETT STAGE (14)

(Departs Crow Agency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORD H STAGE (14)

(Departs Crow Agency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOBBS ALB STAGE (16-19)

(Departs Bear Creek)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRYANT FL STAGE(18-19)

(Departs Absarokee)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MALONE FP STAGE (19)

(Departs Foster)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YELLOWSTONE STAGE LINE (1877-)[2]

(Operates two lines between Helena & Bozeman and Bozeman to Fort Keogh)

            [Stop – miles traveled West to East – $fare]

Bedford/30/3.50

Radersberg/40/5.00

Gallatin/61/7.50

Central Park/ 80/10.00

Bozeman/100/12.00

Hoppers/16/2.00

Benson’s Landing/ 30/3.50

Shields River/33/4.00

Hunter’s Hot Springs/46/5.50

Gages/49/6.00

Big Timber/64/8.00

Sweet Grass/ 74/9.50 (Col Wm H Norton)

 

Stillwater/100/12.00

Canyon Station/ 121/14.50

Coulson /149/18.00

Huntley /159/19.50

Pompey’s Pillar /214/25.50

Terry’s Landing /229/28.00

Froze-to-Death /249/32.00

Big Porcupine /267/34.50

Little Porcupine /275/36.50

Johnson’s /290/37.00

Sand Creek /296/38.00

Bull Creek /305/38.50

Fort Keogh /335/42.00

 

 

 

 


[1] Date of Stage Line taken from Polk City Directory, Excepting for Yellowstone Stage Line.

[2] See “Tongue River Road” Book, Kimmel (Maps and route details)




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