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Oct 14, 1819 Kentucky, United States Died on 08 Jul 1887 (aged 67)
American businessman
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About Ben Holladay
- Benjamin Holladay (October 14, 1819 – July 8, 1887) was an American transportation businessman responsible for creating the Overland Stage to California during the height of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
- Ben Holladay created a stagecoach empire and he is known in history as the "Stagecoach King".
- A native of Kentucky, he also was hired as a private courier to General Alexander Doniphan of Missouri.
- Doniphan refused point-blank to carry out orders to kill the Mormons during the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri.
- Through Holladay's friendship with Brigham Young, Holladay established a profitable freighting contract to Salt Lake City.
- His transportation empire later included steamships and railroads in Oregon.
