Wells Fargo Stage Lines

[Free Hand]

From all the exposure they've gotten over the years in all the westerns, everybody is familiar with Wells Fargo; What was "number two" as Avis would say? Were there any others of note?

[Delmonico]

Butterfield.

[litl rooster]

Butterfield.

Hey Del, slap one of my bumber stickers on the next one coming thru there....

[Forty Rod]

Butterfield Overland was already mentioned. 

There were also Northwestern Express, Holladay Overland, Barlow Sanderson, Rockwell, Deseret, Risher and Hall, American Express, Blackhills Stage and Express, California Stage Company, and maybe a couple of hundred that only had a stage or two (or three) and followed a short route.  W.T. & Co. Express bought out a bunch and forced a large number of others out of business.