Anybody who’s seen an old western movie knows how a stagecoach robbery went, right? A desperate driver pushes his galloping horses across the open prairie while someone onboard exchanges rapid gunfire ...
Stagecoach driver John Shine reigned in his horses on July 26, 1875, as an armed man stepped out of hiding into the road between Copperopolis and Milton in California “Throw down the box,” the ...
GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A Green Township building that's so old it was once a stop for stagecoaches is being torn down. The Twin Lanterns' building was built in 1820. A century later, it was a ...
He was the most prolific stagecoach robber in American history, a gentleman bandit who never shot anyone, didn’t rob the passengers and even said “please” when he ordered the driver to hand over the ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Stagecoaches rumbled through West Yellowstone until 1916, and free stagecoach rides will once ...
My Grandfather’s first job – the sort in which you get the paycheck yourself, not the kind where the money you earn goes ...
The stagecoach came into Skaneateles with a flourish amid the clatter of galloping horses and sounding horn, its round body swung on leather strap thorough-braces and its passengers tossed about like ...
Michael Breeding explores dueling in Simpson County, KY, commonly referred to as the Triangular Jog. Michael Breeding explores dueling in Simpson County, KY, commonly referred to as the Triangular Jog ...
No aspect of life changed as much since the 19th century as travel. Like the Native Americans and the French before them, early English-speaking settlers used the rivers to gain access to what would ...
In 1776, after much preliminary exploration along the Peninsula, mission outposts were established at the northern tip of the Peninsula (Mission Dolores) and at the southern end of the Peninsula ...
An original Wells Fargo & Co. stagecoach on display at the bank’s San Francisco headquarters. Paul Sakuma Associated Press file Stagecoach driver John Shine reigned in his horses on July 26, 1875, as ...