Stagecoach
Considered the finest passenger vehicle of the time, the stagecoach traveled an average of five miles per hour, changing horses at swing stations every twelve miles. With as many as nine people seated on three benches inside, one passenger described his journey as:
A through-ticket and 15 inches of seat, with a fat man on one side, a poor widow on the other, a baby in your lap, a bandbox over your head, and three or more persons immediately in front, leaning against your knees, making the picture, as well as your sleeping place, for the trip.
