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Stagecoach Lines in Southwestern Ohio
When Ohio Was The "Wild West" Northwest Terratory, short history & map West Chester Township History of West Chester and early southwestern Ohio history Ohio Wagon Road grantsDelaware Indian Road Dayton-Franklin-Middletown-Hamilton-Cincinnati Stagecoach Line (1818)Middle-America.org archives Early Transportation Miltonville Elk Creek, in Madison Township Brownstown near Trenton Monroe was half-way between Dayton and Cincinnati, and was a principle stage stop. Voorhes and Rucker owned the lines.Ohio Stage Company: Cincinnati, Lebanon, West Middletown, Eaton, Richmond Cincinnati Two miles north of Sharonville, Spread Eagle inn, on Mt. Pisgah. This was a stop on the Underground Railroad Lebanon Golden Lamb, Lebanon West Middletown Eaton * RichmondWestern Stage Company: Cincinnati, Trenton, West Middletown, Dayton Cincinnati Trenton West Middletown Poasttown * Carlisle * Dayton "For forty years or more there has been an omnibus run daily between New London and Cincinnati. The Western Stage Company carried on staging 35 years ago. John R. BEVIS was an early proprietor; from him it passed into the hands of his brother, Jesse C., who quite recently sold out to Charles SHIELDS, who, in turn, sold to Clements BUTTERFIELD. In former days, before the time of pikes, an old-fashioned leather-spring stage was run between Cincinnati and Connersville. The trip was made in three days. Frederic GEORGE was among the first and most permanent drivers." from the 1882 A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio, in Morgan township. See this page also for more info on early roads.)Mail Stage: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton"In 1825 the Cincinnati and Dayton mail stage ran once a week between Cincinnati and Dayton. It left Cincinnati every Monday at 4 A. M., and arrived at Hamilton the same day by 6 P. M. It left Hamilton every Tuesday at 4 A. M., and arrived at Dayton the same day at 6 P. M. From Dayton it left every Friday at 4 A. M., reaching Hamilton the same day by 6 P. M. It departed from Hamilton every Saturday at 4 A.M. and arrived at Cincinnati the same day by 6 P. M." A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio)Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton and Richmond line Mentioned in the Elk Creek bicentennial sketch for Madison TownshipOkeana (Butler County, Morgan twp.) A member of the Morgan Township Historical Society thinks that the Grover Nugent house in Okeana was
a stagecoach stop. The house is now gone. There definitely was a bus line going through Morgan Twp. before the 1840s. It went from Cincy to Brookville, Indiana. - Jill Evans, MTHS
Oxford, Millford, Cincinnati Stage route established about 1835 Oxford had several taverns, houses, and bars for travelers, some of whom went on to Bath Springs or Brookville, IN.Accomodation Stagecoach Line US Route 42: In the early 1800s, a part of what is now US Route 42 in Greene and Warren Counties was used by the Accommodation (Stagecoach) Line route (source) Waynesville: historic houses on the Accommodation Line, which connected Cincinnati with the
National Road (old route 40) at Springfield. Corwin: the Accomodation Line followed the western ridge of the Little Miami River. This Franklin-Trenton Road
followed an old Indian trail. This stage line was eventually replaced with the Little Miami Railroad, which ran through Corwin in Warren County.Other Ohio Stage Lines and Stops Ohio Stage Company, Fairfield County Germantown and the
Germantown Turnpike National Road, originally the Cumberland RoadSW Ohio Rivers, Trails, State Parks John Bryan State Park Little Miami River trails, Greene County Little Miami Scenic Trail Loveland to South Lebanon, Buckeye Trail along the Little Miami [inc. map] Williamsburg section, Buckeye Trail East Fork trails, Clermont CountyPeople and Stories of Stagecoaches Blue Ball, Samuel Dick, Joseph Parks Diary of Fortesque M. Cuming, traveling to the Zane Trace around Chillicothe, OH: 1807 Charles Dickens came to the Golden Lamb, Lebanon Mary Fields, "Stagecoach Mary" Stagecoaches and big freight wagons replaced the keelboat, so in 1815 Mike Fink moved further west. James Shields, died in a stagecoach accident, 1831 Miami Valley Vignettes: Pioneers and the Next GenerationCurrent Historical Programs and Re-enactments Buckeye Trail Blue Blazes hikes with scheduled events Southwestern Ohio Genealogy & Historic Events Calendar: free to add or check local events Genealogy and Historic Event Calendar: free to add or check local events
Page set up Jan 13 2001 by Nancy Sween for the Butler County OHGenWeb resources page and the History of the American West transportation page.
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