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From 1860 to 1890, most of the north-south travel through Texas came through Salado, at the time a major stop along the famous Chisholm Trail, and a Butterfield Stage Lines stage stop. In 1861, W. B. Armstrong, one of the first settlers in the area, erected a building on the site of the old Tonkawa village and opened the “Shady Villa Hotel,” what was later to become the Stagecoach Inn. The Stagecoach Inn is considered the oldest house structure in Salado. Many distinguished and infamous persons stayed at the inn: General George Custer, Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee and outlaws Sam Bass and Jesse James. In 1943, Dion and Ruth Van Bibber restored the old building and opened the Stagecoach Inn. Just as in earlier times when local frontier women greeted the stagecoach passengers and cattle drovers, the inn and its restaurants welcome its guests with warm, welcoming comfort and traditional home-made food.
416 S Main St, Salado, TX 76571, Phone: 254-947-5111
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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