The Fort Morgan Cut-Off of the ''Overland Stage Company'' (formerly the '' Central Overland, California, and Pike's Peak Express Company'') passed through Adams County, Colorado. It was established in September 1862 as an offshoot of the

Overland Trail The Overland Trail (also known as the Overland Stage Line) was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century. While portions of the route had been used by explorers and trappers since the 1820s, the Overland Trail w ...

. The established stage route traveled through the present day towns of Greeley and Laporte in northern Colorado. A connecting trail known as the Denver Road followed the

South Platte River The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwestern United States, Midwest and the American Sout ...

to Denver and the surrounding mining towns. The Fort Morgan Cut-off bypassed the stations between Fort Morgan, Colorado and Laporte and went directly to Denver.

Stations

*Bijou Stage Station *Living Springs Stage Station *Kiowa Stage Station (now Bennett, Colorado) *Box Elder Stage Station (now Watkins, Colorado) *Coal Creek Stage Station (located in present-day Aurora, Colorado) *Toll Gate Stage Station (located in present-day Aurora, Colorado)

Sources

*Wagner, Albin
"Overland Stage First Mass Transit System"
''Adams County Crossroads of the West'' 2:18-19 Denver Colorado: Century Graphics (1977). {{ISBN, 0-930952-01-4 (accessed September 4, 2006) Transportation in Adams County, Colorado History of Colorado 1862 establishments in Colorado Territory