An Expensive Welcome

[Jay Edward (deceased)]

Hey folks... check out the high cost of original western wagons!

PRICE LIST
BUTTERFIELD STAGE $1705
WELLS FARGO STAGE COACH $1705
OVERLAND STAGE AND MAIL $1705
WELLS FARGO OVERLAND STAGE $1705
NORTH CONWAY STAGE COACH $1705
JEFFERSON HILL HOUSE COACH $1705
RAIL-ROAD COACH $1705KINNEAR STAGE LINES $1705
CENTRAL OVERLAND STAGE $1705
STAGE WAGON (MUD WAGON) $1595
CROSS HOLLOW STAGE $1595
BREAK WAGON $1250
YELLOWSTONE TRANSPORTATION $1250
YELLOWSTONE COACH $1210
YELLOWSTONE WESTERN $1210
CONESTOGA WAGON $1045
PRAIRIE SCHOONER $1045
COVERED WAGON $1250
SECOND COVERED WAGON $1250
CHUCK WAGON $1295
STUDEBAKER ROUND-UP WAGON $1295
CHUCK WAGON WITH TRAILER $1680
STUDEBAKER FREIGHT WAGON $1250
BUCK BOARDS $1045
SECOND BUCK BOARD $1045
FREIGHT AND MAIL WAGON $1250
HAY WAGON $1210
WOOL WAGON $1175
FARM WAGON $1250
DRUMMERS WAGON $1680
BREWERY WAGON $1540
U.S. MARSHALLS TRANSPORT WAGON $965
HEARSE $1705
MEDICINE WAGON $1540
MEDICINE WAGON (DENTIST) $1540
DOCTORC BUGGY $1045
DAIRY WAGON $935
HOSE WAGON $1045
WATER WAGON $910
HOTEL OMNIBUS $1350
ROLL OF LUMBER WAGON $965
LUMBER WAGON $965

 

So here is a picture that old Crowbar liked. We traded some pictures back and forth for a while.
 
The flat brimmed hats some of the cowboys are wearing is the Stetson "Boss of the Plains" hat originated in 1865 and sold for $5.00. By 1900 it was sold by Sears Robuck and Company for $4.50 plus postage. Shaping of the brim and crown was done by the owner. As noted with regard the discussion of Cheyenne, the chuckwagon was invented by Charles Goodnight. Brands included Studebaker, South Bend, Owensburrow, McCormick-Deering and Weber. McCormick-Deering in 1907 changed its name to International Harvester and continued to supply wagons until the 1940's. After 1936 all of the International wagons were manufactured by Keller Manufacturing Company which discontinued production in 1943 and converted to the manufacture of furniture. Studebaker also built a heavier wagon known as the "roundup wagon" more suited to roundups but not as well suited to trail drives as the lighter chuckwagon. On large drives an additional wagon known as a "hoodlum wagon" was used for carrying bed rolls and personal gear.

[M. R. Byrd]

Jay-

Thanks for the interesting info. I did a little search on Charles Goodnight. I had thought that an unmarked trail coming into Dodge City from the south was the Goodnight trail, but my search shows it to be the Western Trail. You might want to check out some of this information, including the trail ride completed last year on the Western Trail.
 
Maynard
http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/research/r_hoof_imag_2.html



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