Riding the stage in old Texas

By Murray Montgomery - Staff Writer

Try, if you will, to imagine yourself traveling from Gonzales to Galveston, in the middle of July, on a stagecoach that would take at least three days to reach its destination. The choking dust filling your nostrils, the intense heat, and the ever-present fear that you might become the victim of a holdup would make for a very memorable trip, to say the least.

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