Gilmer, Salisbury & Co.
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[[File:GilmerSalisburyAd.jpg|thumb|right|Ad from Deer Lodge paper 1871]] | [[File:GilmerSalisburyAd.jpg|thumb|right|Ad from Deer Lodge paper 1871]] | ||
| − | Operated many "Star Routes" including daily stage lines through [[Miles City]] from Bozeman (325 miles to the west) and Bismarck (325 miles to the east). | + | 1870's, Proprietors Jack Gilmer and Monroe Salisbury; purchased surplus of UT assets, and the Idaho and Montana branches of the [[Wells, Fargo & Co.]] line. Bought out [[Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage, Mail and Express Line]] in 1876. Operated the [[Deadwood Line]] between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Black Hills(present day Hwy. 87 and 85). Soon after this line began operating [[Western Stage]] began a competing line. By 1880 became one of the most powerful corporations in the West; far exceeded those of Ben Holladay and passed the goal set by Wells, Fargo & Company. At the end, lines ran from the Canadian border to southern UT, from the Great Plains to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. |
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| + | Operated many "Star Routes" including daily stage lines through [[Miles City]] from [[Bozeman]] (325 miles to the west) and [[Bismarck]] (325 miles to the east). | ||
Early Oct 1882, [[Collins K. Thurber]], division superintendent of Gilmer, Salibury and Co.'s stage line from Miles City to [[Junction City]] died suddenly at [[Hyde's ranch]] on [[Froze-To-Death]] of a liver disease. | Early Oct 1882, [[Collins K. Thurber]], division superintendent of Gilmer, Salibury and Co.'s stage line from Miles City to [[Junction City]] died suddenly at [[Hyde's ranch]] on [[Froze-To-Death]] of a liver disease. | ||
