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Photograph of a group of horseback riders leaving Peaceful Valley Ranch taken the 1920s, reproduced in March of 1967, in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-31
James L. Wells discusses the changing landscape of America and argues that the people need more of the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-19
History of the stagecoach line between Medora, North Dakota, and Deadwood, South Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1925-06-05
President Cleveland drives a stagecoach carrying a female passenger labeled “National Credit” and a trunk labeled “Gold Reserve.” The horse team is labeled “Firmness” and “Common Sense.” A pack of dogs is trying to rattle the horses. The dogs are identified as “Dana, Pulitzer, Frye, Bland, Sickles, Peffer, Reed, Boutelle, Wolcott, Pugh, Stewart, Jones, Morgan, Teller, [and] Lodge.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-03-13
Grover Cleveland drives a stagecoach labeled “Administration Coach” carrying “Columbia” and being pulled by two horses labeled “Honest Principles” and “Sound Policy.” The coach is stuck in a hole labeled “Deficit” and “This Hole Dug by Republican Party.” Arthur P. Gorman, standing at the rear, uses a large stick labeled “Wilson Bill” and a board labeled “Bond Issue” to try to get the wheels out of the hole. On the right, in a “Bog of Public Contempt,” are Whitelaw Reid, John Sherman, Thomas B. Reed, George F. Hoar, and Benjamin Harrison. They are laughing at Cleveland.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-02-21
A highwayman identified as a “Silverite” holds two handguns labeled “Free Coinage” and “McKinleyism.” Papers extend from a pocket labeled “Paternalism” and “Wild Cat Schemes.” He is holding up a stagecoach labeled “National Prosperity” with passengers labeled “Lawmaker, Banker, Farmer, Workingman, Manufacturer, [and] Merchant.” The “Lawmaker” and the “Merchant” have both hands raised, while the “Banker, Farmer, Workingman, [and] Manufacturer” are reaching into their pockets.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-22
Two winter scenes are depicted with a verse by Breton Braley printed between them. On the left is “The Christmas Coach” showing a stagecoach with passengers riding on top, with a crescent moon and winter spirits in the night sky. On the right is “The Spirit of the Snow” showing the Snow Spirit spreading snow over a city at night with a church in the background. Each half of the spread includes a remarque at the bottom signed with monogram (E within a box) and showing a 19th century farmhouse and a church.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-12-19
A group of highwaymen labeled “Trust, Express Company, [and] Protected Monopoly” rob a stagecoach labeled “The Consumers’ Coach.” The driver, labeled “Congress,” is throwing them a pouch labeled “U.S. Parcels Post.” Caption: What else do you expect when the driver is in league with the highwaymen?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-07-19
Photograph of three Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees sitting on a wooden stagecoach in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1939-1941