Sundance Square in Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

"The Stage Leaves From Here"

Photographed by Denise Boose, May 20, 2010

1. "The Stage Leaves From Here" Marker

Inscription. Few images of the American West are more enduring than the stagecoach. On July 18, 1856, the United States mail line brought the first stagecoach to Fort Worth on its way to Fort Belknap. The stagecoach stopped at Steel’s Tavern at the present intersection of Bluff & Houston Streets, then headed west. At Fort Belknap, passengers and mail joined the Southern Overland mail line on its route connecting the East Coast to San Francisco.

By the 1870s, daily service arrived and departed from Fort Worth’s El Paso Hotel on Main Street. With the arrival of the railroad in 1876, the city became the largest stagecoach terminus in the Southwest. In 1878 the Fort Worth and Yuma stage line was established, providing mail delivery on a “star route” to Yuma, Arizona. The six-horse team pulled the stage 1,560 miles on a 17-day trip, the longest daily stage line in existence at that time.

Erected 2006 by Heritage Trails and Wells Fargo. (Marker Number 4.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1908.

Location. 32° 45.368′ N, 97° 19.93′ W. Marker is in Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County. It is in Sundance

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Square. It is on Main Street north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Worth TX 76102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Plaza Hotel Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Morris and Conn Buildings (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Worth's First Telephone Exchange (about 300 feet away); Western Union Building (about 300 feet away); Gamblers & Gunfights (about 300 feet away); Knights of Pythias Hall (about 400 feet away); First Bank (about 400 feet away); Revolutionary War Patriots (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Worth.

Photographed by Denise Boose, May 20, 2010

2. "The Stage Leaves From Here" Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 1,593 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 5, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.