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Under Cover for Wells Fargo

Author : Fred Dodge
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806131061
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Under Cover for Wells Fargo written by Fred Dodge and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the remarkable memoirs of Fred Dodge (1854-1938), Wells Fargo secret agent for fifty years, friend of Wyatt Earp, and fast man with a gun. Here are dozens of his cases--stage robberies, train holdups, long pursuits through the badlands, even suits against Wells Fargo for "delay to a corpse" and the bite of a vicious horse. In Under Cover for Wells Fargo his "unvarnished recollections" are preserved and carefully edited by Carolyn Lake, who discovered Dodge’s journals among Stuart N. Lake’s papers, awaiting a biography that was never written. Fred Dodge was a dead ringer for Morgan Earp, and this led to his early acquaintance with the famous brothers. In those days Dodge was posing as a gambler, and even Wyatt did not know that he was a Wells Fargo agent. Dodge sheds much light on the Earps in Tombstone and on how he teamed up with Heck Thomas to hunt down outlaws in Kansas and Oklahoma, including Bill Doolin’s gang and the Dalton brothers.

Under Cover for Wells Fargo

Author : Fred Dodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Under Cover for Wells Fargo written by Fred Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wells Fargo Book of the Gold Rush

Author : Margaret Rau
Publisher : Atheneum Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wells Fargo Book of the Gold Rush written by Margaret Rau and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the California gold rush, from its beginning in 1848, through its peak, to the 1849 recession that brought about its end, this book presents a fascinating account of "The Gold Rush" with black-and-white photographs from the Wells Fargo Archives.

Wells Fargo

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803283039
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Wells Fargo written by Ralph Moody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of how Henry Wells and William Fargo went into express mail business in California and stopped the Post Office monopoly during the nineteenth century.

Wells, Fargo Detective

Author : Richard H. Dillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781618090669
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Wells, Fargo Detective written by Richard H. Dillon and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of his award-winning biographies, Meriwether Lewis and Fool's Gold, acclaimed historian Richard Dillon recreates the life of one of frontier America's most gifted lawmen, James B. Hume. Dillon paints a vivid picture of Hume, the greatest of Wells, Fargo and company's detectives, who ranged all over the West in search of robbers of the firm's express shipments. Formerly a sheriff in California's Mother Lode gold mining country, Hume did not operate in the usual manner of most western lawmen. Instead of using his gun in apprehending badmen, this courageous lawman preferred to rely on his brains. In collaboration with famed San Francisco policeman Isaiah Lees, Hume pioneered scientific detection in law enforcement in the American West-a science later known as criminology. In one of history's most fascinating arrests, Hume used a laundry mark to track down Black Bart, the poetry writing stagecoach robber. "Dillon...has written a colorful biography of an Indiana farm-boy, James Hume, who heeded the 'Go West' cry of his time...Dillon's portrait of the man is remarkably human and rounded." -Publishers Weekly "In a fast-paced story, historian Dillon gives life to this remarkable Wells, Fargo detective. While all the excitement of the chase is here, Dillon also gives a sensitive view of the whole man." -American West "Richard Dillon always writes with an adroit selection of words and phrases. In Wells, Fargo Detective he adds sardonic humor by reprinting extracts from the amazingly cold and stormy love letters Hume wrote his 'intended.'" -Arizona and the West "This biography by Richard Dillon reads as smoothly as a novel. He used James Hume's own letters and diaries...He not only relates the fascinating events of Hume's public life but mines his personality as well and finds a heroic and likable figure." -Carmon Friedrich

Stagecoach

Author : Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074322762X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Stagecoach written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping in scope, as revealing of an era as it is of a company, Stagecoach is the epic story of Wells Fargo and the American West, by award-winning writer Philip L. Fradkin. The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore: the California Gold Rush, the Pony Express, the transcontinental railroad, the Civil and Indian Wars. From the Great Plains to the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, the company's operations embraced almost all social, cultural, and economic activities west of the Mississippi, following one of the greatest migrations in American history. Fortune seekers arriving in California after the discovery of gold in 1849 couldn't bring the necessities of home with them. So Wells Fargo express offices began providing basic services such as the exchange of gold dust for coin, short-term deposits and loans, and reliable delivery and receipt of letters, money, and goods to and from distant places. As its reputation for speed and dependability grew, the sight of a red-and-yellow Wells Fargo stagecoach racing across the prairie came to symbolize not only safe passage but faith in a nation's progress. In fact, for a time Wells Fargo was the most powerful and widespread institution in the American West, even surpassing the presence of the federal government. Stagecoach is a fascinating and rare combination of Western and business history. Along with its colorful association with the frontier -- Wyatt Earp, Black Bart, Buffalo Bill -- readers will discover that swiftness, security, and connectivity have been constants in Wells Fargo's history, and that these themes remain just as important today, 150 years later.

Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884

Author : James B. Hume
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456248
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884 written by James B. Hume and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the company's losses during the previous 14 years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries, and four train robberies but included little or no details of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and apprehending the criminals believed still to present a danger to the company. The present volume revisits each crime, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.

The Dreamgivers

Author : Jim Walker
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780783819976
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book The Dreamgivers written by Jim Walker and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 in The Wells Fargo Trail. A series of payroll holdups puts Zac Cobb on a dangerous trail that leads to a confrontation with powerful underworld figures.

Shotguns and Stagecoaches

Author : John Boessenecker
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250184908
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Shotguns and Stagecoaches written by John Boessenecker and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives. The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains the Western frontier. Armed with sawed-off, double-barreled shotguns and an occasional revolver, these express messengers guarded valuable cargo through lawless terrain. They were tough, fighting men who risked their lives every time they climbed into the front boot of a Concord coach. Boessenecker introduces soon-to-be iconic personalities like "Chips" Hodgkins, an express rider known for his white mule and his ability to outrace his competitors, and Henry Johnson, the first Wells Fargo detective. Their lives weren't just one shootout after another—their encounters with desperadoes were won just as often with quick wits and memorized-by-heart knowledge of the land. The highway robbers also get their due. It wouldn't be a book about the Wild West without Black Bart, the most infamous stagecoach robber of all time, and Butch Cassidy's gang, America's most legendary train robbers. Through the Gold Rush and the early days of delivery with horses and saddlebags, to the heyday of stagecoaches and huge shipments of gold, and finally the rise of the railroad and the robbers who concocted unheard-of schemes to loot trains, Wells Fargo always had courageous men to protect its treasure. Their unforgettable bravery and ingenuity make this book a thrilling read.

Wells Fargo

Author : Robert Joseph Chandler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531434
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Wells Fargo written by Robert Joseph Chandler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those striking images of stagecoaches traversing rugged mountain terrain are no mere marketing gimmick, but part and parcel of Wells Fargo's storied past. When Henry Wells and William Fargo founded the company in 1852, the gold rush had already brought thousands of people to California and uncovered the largest amount of wealth then known to the world. Wells Fargo served a unique role as a banking, express or transporting, and mail-delivery agency. In 1857, the company helped establish the Overland Mail Company; in 1861, it operated the Pony Express; and in 1866, it put together a 3,000-mile network of stagecoaches running between California and Nebraska. Three decades later, Wells Fargo covered the nation over a web of iron rails. Miners and merchants, ranchers and farmers alike depended on Wells Fargo. The company always used the fastest means possible for its deliveries and fund transfers, whether by riverboat, ocean steamer, pony express, stagecoach, railroad, or the fastest method of all, the telegraph.

Company Property of Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, 1852-1918

Author : James Lynn Bartz
Publisher : Graphic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781882824069
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Company Property of Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, 1852-1918 written by James Lynn Bartz and published by Graphic Pub. This book was released on 1993 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alias Frank Canton

Author : Robert K. DeArment
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806129006
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Alias Frank Canton written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth. Western historian Robert K. DeArment has tracked down the facts of the mysterious Canton's early life and misdeeds in Texas; his participation in the Johnson County War as an agent of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association; his pursuit of the Daltons, Bill Doolin, and other outlaws in Oklahoma Territory; his experiences as a peace officer and gold prospector in Alaska; his career as a bounty hunter; and his.

Wells Fargo and Danger Station

Author : Sam Allison
Publisher : Wildside Press
ISBN 13 : 9781479414321
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Wells Fargo and Danger Station written by Sam Allison and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wells Fargo and Danger Station is a book based on the 1957-1962 television series Tales of Wells Fargo.

Searching Through My Prayer List

Author : Dick Cooley
Publisher : Documentary Media LLC and University of Washington
ISBN 13 : 9781933245195
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Searching Through My Prayer List written by Dick Cooley and published by Documentary Media LLC and University of Washington. This book was released on 2010 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Corruption in America

Author : Sarah Chayes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525654860
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book On Corruption in America written by Sarah Chayes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future. “If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains Sarah Chayes writes in her new book, that the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption, she argues, is an operating system of sophisticated networks in which government officials, key private-sector interests, and out-and-out criminals interweave. Their main objective: not to serve the public but to maximize returns for network members. In this unflinching exploration of corruption in America, Chayes exposes how corruption has thrived within our borders, from the titans of America's Gilded Age (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression, and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution--undermining this nation's proud middle class and union members. She then brings us up to the present as she shines a light on the Clinton policies of political favors and personal enrichment and documents Trump's hydra-headed network of corruption, which aimed to systematically undo the Constitution and our laws. Ultimately and most importantly, Chayes reveals how corrupt systems are organized, how they enable bad actors to bend the rules so their crimes are covered legally, how they overtly determine the shape of our government, and how they affect all levels of society, especially when the corruption is overlooked and downplayed by the rich and well-educated.

Hell's Half Acre

Author : Richard F. Selcer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875655114
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Hell's Half Acre written by Richard F. Selcer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is a place where legends are made, die, and are revived. Fort Worth, Texas, claims its own legend – Hell’s Half Acre – a wild ’n woolly accumulation of bordellos, cribs, dance houses, saloons, and gambling parlors. Tenderloin districts were a fact of life in every major town in the American West, but Hell’s Half Acre – its myth and its reality – can be said to be a microcosm of them all. The most famous and infamous westerners visited the Acre: Timothy (“Longhair Jim”) Courtright, Luke Short, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Sam Bass, Mary Porter, Etta Place, along with Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch, and many more. For civic leaders and reformers, the Acre presented a dilemma – the very establishments they sought to close down or regulate were major contributors to the local economy. Controversial in its heyday and receiving new attention by such movies as Lonesome Dove, Hell’s Half Acre remains the subject of debate among historians and researchers today. Richard Selcer successfully separates fact from fiction, myth from reality, in this vibrant study of the men and women of Cowtown’s notorious Acre.

Deadly Dozen

Author : Robert K. DeArment
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185120
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Deadly Dozen written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday—such are the legendary names that spring to mind when we think of the western gunfighter. But in the American West of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of grassroots gunfighters straddled both sides of the law without hesitation. Deadly Dozen tells the story of twelve infamous gunfighters, feared in their own times but almost forgotten today. Now, noted historian Robert K. DeArment has compiled the stories of these obscure men. DeArment, a life-long student of law and lawlessness in the West, has combed court records, frontier newspapers, and other references to craft twelve complete biographical portraits. The combined stories of Deadly Dozen offer an intensive look into the lives of imposing figures who in their own ways shaped the legendary Old West. More than a collective biography of dangerous gunfighters, Deadly Dozen also functions as a social history of the gunfighter culture of the post-Civil War frontier West. As Walter Noble Burns did for Billy the Kid in 1926 and Stuart N. Lake for Wyatt Earp in 1931, DeArment—himself a talented writer—brings these figures from the Old West to life. John Bull, Pat Desmond, Mart Duggan, Milt Yarberry, Dan Tucker, George Goodell, Bill Standifer, Charley Perry, Barney Riggs, Dan Bogan, Dave Kemp, and Jeff Kidder are the twelve dangerous men that Robert K. DeArment studies in Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West.