Stagecoach Travel in the Mid-Atlantic States

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  • Stage Travel along Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Stage Travel along Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Today’s riders on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line traveling through Frankford would find it hard to believe what their commute would have looked like in the early 1800’s.  During this time period, which represented the high point of stagecoach travel in the eastern United States, they would have been jostled in a stage wagon or stagecoach over…