Ben Holladay
American businessman
Died when: 67 years 267 days (812 months)Star Sign: Libra
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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.
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