Stagecoach Robberies In California: A Complete Record, 1856-1913

California was the mining center of the West for half a century. Wherever precious minerals were found, road agents appeared to "mine the roads" of treasure being shipped out and payrolls being shipped in. The first recorded robbery of a stagecoach occurred in 1856, and the last in 1913. Over that period there were 458 stagecoach robberies, many with special characteristics such as a claim the robbers were Confederate soldiers, a murder, a gun battle, or a thrilling pursuit and capture. Surprisingly, there were many robberies in which the perpetrator remained unknown or in which was so little stolen the robber was not even sought out. This book gives all the details of those robberies taken from the contemporary newspapers and from a variety of other sources. 9780786479962 0786479965 291 BOOK History NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=KSViBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: R. Michael Wilson
• | Publisher: Mcfarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Sep 08, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0786479965
• | ISBN-13: 9780786479962