The original company of J. S. Abbot and Lewis Downing formed in 1826 and lasting until 1847 was named the Abbot Downing Company.
Abbot Downing Company was known the world over for its Concord Stagecoach but actually it manufactured over 40 different types of carriages and wagons at the wagon factory in Concord, New Hampshire.
The Concord Coach Gallery.
In 1866, Wells Fargo bought out Ben Holladay’s expanding network and combined it with the Pioneer and the Overland Mail stagelines to create the largest stagecoach empire in the world.
Unrestored or New.
Each door of the Concord coach had a different scene painted on it, normally relating to the area in which the coach would be operating. Each door was painted by John Burgum.
John actually painted the scene “A trainload of thirty brand-new Concord Coaches en-route to Wells Fargo’s depot at Omaha, Nebraska, in April 1868.” This was based on a photograph taken on April 15th, 1868.
Perhaps the most famous Concord Coach was the “Deadwood Stage” owned later by Buffalo Bill and said to have carried more notables than any other single vehicle.
Miscellaneous Happenings on The Overland Stage to California.