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==Origins== For decades stagecoach drivers and baggage-wagoners performed many of the tasks that would be later formalized under the title expressman.<ref>Lovett, A. (1858). ''History of the Express Companies and the Origin of American Railroads.'' Second Edition.</ref> The first express companies, which developed in the early 19th century, contracted with stagecoach lines to carry their goods. By 1900 there were four major express companies. As express services matured into an industry, the tasks of stage-coach driver were divided among specialties, such as driver, expressman, agent, clerk, and others, rendering them outmoded. Many of the stage-coach drivers transitioned into the express industry. Some became expressmen; some became agents, managers, and company owners. With the expansion of the railroads, express companies shifted to use that faster form of transportation. On the railroads, the men who later were called expressmen were initially referred to as ''conductors,'' as they were responsible for managing all or part of the express rail car. The title ''expressman'' was adopted later, as the specialty became more recognized.
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