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Established in the 1890’s by Tom Lanchberry to accommodate passengers and horses on the Red Lodge to Fort Washakie run, Eagle’s Nest Station, one-half mile north, operated until early in the century when railway expansion limited it’s usefulness. Stout four and six-horse teams, under salty drivers, pulling tough, coach-type wagons, were changed every 15 to 20 miles. Stages traveled 60 to 80 miles a day, tying together cattle ranches and army posts. One dollar a night for supper, bed and breakfast was the usual charge to dust-covered passengers on the long rough route from Montana’s Northern Pacific to the Union Pacific railroad in southern Wyoming.
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