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Transportation

Transportation . Stagecoaches and Pony Express . The country was huge and transportation was slow at this time. Getting information, supplies, and people from the East to the West was difficult.

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Transportation

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  1. Transportation Stagecoaches and Pony Express

  2. The country was huge and transportation was slow at this time. • Getting information, supplies, and people from the East to the West was difficult. • Utah was no exception. Getting supplies to the mines and mail with news from the East was slowing production down in Utah. Slow Travel

  3. Russell, Majors, and Waddle were the major stagecoach companies at the time. • Stagecoaches were pulled by strong horses. • Dangers of the stagecoach were, storms, floods, poor roads, few if any bridges, and Indian attacks all slowed them down. • Freighters made huge profits to take on the difficult and dangerous challenge of driving the stagecoach across the country. Stagecoaches

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