Patee House - St. Joseph MO - Carriages and Coaches on Permanent Display on Waymarking.com

The Patee House in St. Joseph MO proudly displays a Central Overland Express coach.


The Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company was a stagecoach line that operated in the American West in the early 1860s, but it is most well known as the parent company of the Pony Express.[2] It was formed as a subsidiary of the freighting company Russell, Majors, and Waddell, after the latter two partners bought out Russell's stage line, the Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Express Company. The stage line had made its first journey from Westport, Missouri for Denver on March 9, 1859.[3][4]

Its stage lines ran from St. Joseph, Missouri to Denver and Salt Lake City and it succeeded the George Chorpenning contract for mail service from Utah to California in May 1860. In an attempt to win a more lucrative contract with the United States government, it started an express mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri and San Francisco, California on April 3, 1860, known as the Pony Express.

Maintenance of frequent stage service and heavy losses from the Pony Express brought embarrassment to the C. O. C. & P. P. Express. When the Pony Express became obsolete upon completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph, the business ran out of cash and was sold to Ben Holladay for $100,000. (visit link)

Type and Quantity: Central Overland Stage Coach On-line Documentation: [Web Link] Opening Hours: Not listed Admission Fee: Not listed

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