The base was built in 1862 to protect stagecoach routes from Indians.

It developed at a point where a stagecoach route crossed the Mississippi and was platted in 1860.

The improvement of the road led to it becoming a stagecoach route in the middle of the 19th century.

Historically, this was the traditional crossing point on the old east-west stagecoach route across England.

It developed as an important rural service stop along that stagecoach route.

Parts of the tavern, which is located along an old stagecoach route, date to 1832.

It was on the stagecoach route from Boston to Montreal.

It became part of a stagecoach route to Scotland, hence its name.

Sometimes it was the stagecoach route, or the Indian trail.

What with the town's reputation for making travelers listen to a hard dark story, it's no wonder nobody put a stagecoach route there.