[HT] Cost of a Stagecoach Ticket

[Jinumon]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

The website desertusa-dot-com has a section on stagecoaches of the 1860's. They list a period stagecoach as carrying six passengers and taking twenty-five days from St Louis to California. The ticket cost is listed as $200 (equivalent to $3000 modern), meals cost extra.

Any idea when this article was written? I'd be interested to see how their "$3,000 modern" measures up to the GURPS $ (2004 USD unless I'm mistaken).

Jinumon

EDIT: I should also note this carriage carried 9 passengers and was drawn by 4 mules, not 6 horses, which undoubtedly shakes up the formula.