Amazingly,in addition to heavy strongboxes and baggage, a Concord stagecoach could carry as many as 18 people, squeezed inside and up top, front and back.
VOA : standard.2010.03.11
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It was an express company whose stagecoaches carried passengers as well as gold,silver, and strongboxes stuffed with cash - helping to open the rugged West in the process.