Fort Morgan Cut-Off

The Fort Morgan Cut-Off of the Overland Stage Company (formerly the Central Overland, California, and Pike's Peak Express Company) was a stage route that passed through Adams County, Colorado. It was established in September 1862 as an offshoot of the Overland Trail. The established stage route traveled through the present-day towns of Greeley and Laporte in northern Colorado. In LaPorte, Overland operated the LaPorte Station.^[1] Just south of Greeley, Overland operated the Latham Station. The Sherwood Station Site was on the Fort Morgan Cut-Off center.^[2] A connecting trail known as the Denver Road followed the South Platte River 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)

See also

• Ben Holladay founder of the Fort Morgan Cut-Off

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)