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[[Image:BRIGGS.gif|left|thumb|150px|Ansel Briggs]]BRIGGS, Ansel. (VT, Feb. 3, 1806-- | [[Image:BRIGGS.gif|left|thumb|150px|Ansel Briggs]]BRIGGS, Ansel. (VT, Feb. 3, 1806--Omaha, NB, May 5, 1881). Iowa's first governor. Briggs successfully operated a stage and mail route over the [[MILITARY ROAD]] between Dubuque, Davenport, Iowa City and Burlington, Iowa, before his election in 1842 to the Territorial House of Representatives from Jackson County. Briggs owned two jerkies, a two-horse rig capable of carrying five passengers, and a Concord coach that carried nine passengers. | ||
Jerkies made the run to and from Dubuque once a week at a cost of three dollars per passenger with baggage charged extra. Briggs was one of the few Iowa stagecoach operators who could afford to own a Concord coach. | Jerkies made the run to and from Dubuque once a week at a cost of three dollars per passenger with baggage charged extra. Briggs was one of the few Iowa stagecoach operators who could afford to own a Concord coach. | ||
[[Category: Politician]] | [[Category: Politician]] | ||
Revision as of 04:06, 29 December 2008
BRIGGS, Ansel. (VT, Feb. 3, 1806--Omaha, NB, May 5, 1881). Iowa's first governor. Briggs successfully operated a stage and mail route over the MILITARY ROAD between Dubuque, Davenport, Iowa City and Burlington, Iowa, before his election in 1842 to the Territorial House of Representatives from Jackson County. Briggs owned two jerkies, a two-horse rig capable of carrying five passengers, and a Concord coach that carried nine passengers.
Jerkies made the run to and from Dubuque once a week at a cost of three dollars per passenger with baggage charged extra. Briggs was one of the few Iowa stagecoach operators who could afford to own a Concord coach.