Cobb And Co Coach Display
Hay has strong associations with the famous Cobb & Co coach company.
The firm of Cobb & Co was started in Victoria by a partnership of four Americans, at the head of which was Freeman Cobb. It was sold in 1856, and then in 1861 was taken over again by another syndicate, headed by American James Rutherford.
At first the coaches were imported, but factories were started in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Under the management of Rutherford, the Cobb & Co Empire spread in all directions.
In June 1862 they moved to Hay, with an impressive cavalcade which included 10 coaches, two feed wagons, 20 drivers, 103 horses, with cooks and ostlers, all preceded by a brass band. Hay became the headquarters of Cobb's Southern operation, the Victorian and Riverina network, and the coach factory was set up in Hay, where it operated for about 35 years. James Rutherford died in 1911, but Cobb & Co's coaches still carried in the mail in some parts of Queensland well into the 1920's.
The Cobb and Co coach is one of Hay's most treasured objects.
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