PRESS RELEASE
For the second year, the Territorial Express Stagecoach will travel between Olympia and Longview, Washington. On September 19-21, 2008, the stage will run over 90 miles of road in three days, and will carry US mail, passengers, and express. Stage stops along the way will offer food, music, interpretive programs, souvenirs, commemorative envelopes with pictorial postmarks, and a chance to relive western history.
Passenger tickets, commemorative envelopes, souvenir pins, and raffle tickets are on sale now.
The stagecoach itself is an accurate reproduction of a Concord coach from the 1850s. It will be on display at the Tall Ships Festival at the Tacoma waterfront over the 4th of July weekend, and at Cabela's store in Lacey during the last two weekends of August.
Visit our website for more info on the route, times, and participants. To date, sponsors include City of Tumwater, Farmers Insurance, Lewis County Commissioners, Great Wolf Lodge, City of Olympia Heritage Commission, and Cabela's.
Any funds raised by the event will once again benefit the Tumwater Middle School's Homesteader Program, an intensive hands-on history curriculum for eighth-graders.
K. Johnson