How were stagecoach teams selected?
Sammy Leonard
Brentwood, California
Good ol’ Charley Eckhardt, a regular on the Ask the Marshall Forum, stepped up and answered this one for me:
“Normally a stage was pulled by what was known as a six-up hitch. The wheel team, those at the rear of the team, were the largest, strongest of the six. The wheelers started the coach moving. The swing team, the middle team, were smaller than the wheelers, but likewise well trained. The lead team, also s
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