Summer Travel Plans — 1853

It’s not too late to make your plans for summer travel by stagecoach. Go from Sacramento to Shasta City in Thirty Hours! Leaves Sacramento promptly at 6 a.m. and gets you to Shasta at noon the next day. Nothing said about an overnight stay anywhere, but if you need to break up your trip, you can probably stop at any of these stations. Major Bidwell can accommodate you at Bidwell’s Ranch. Mrs. Evoy has a nice hotel at Briggsville, a town listed on the route.

Sacramento Daily Union 1 July 1853

Here is Hall & Crandall’s ad from the other end of the route, in Shasta City. Travel in the best and swiftest style with American horses and “the most superb Concord Coaches.” The drivers “are all experienced in their business, and are temperate and responsible men.” They will get you to Sacramento in time to take a steamer to San Francisco. Rest assured you will be in good hands.

Shasta Courier 9 July 1853
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Nancy is a retired librarian who lives in Chico, California. She is the author of John Bidwell: The Adventurous Life of a California Pioneer.
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