Shown making a stop at the Mid-America Trucking Show is what Wells Fargo regards as its “living logo.” Icons of the Wild West, the company’s Concord stagecoaches, built by the Abbot-Downing Co. of Concord, NH, speedily hauled passengers and mail over a vast territory in the 19th century.
From 1866-69, Wells Fargo operated the major overland stagecoach routes west of the Missouri River, covering 2,500 mi. running from Nebraska to California and Idaho to Arizona.
Skilled drivers guided coaches pulled by teams of four or six horses running at an average speed of 5 mph. Stops were made every 12 mi. to change horses and roughly every 45 mi. to grab a quick meal.
