EPISODE · Oct 7, 2005 · 19 MIN
#29: The Legend of Black Bart
from San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack · host richard - sparkletack
Summer of 1875, and the Wells Fargo stagecoach is slowly rattling through a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada gold country, bearing a cargo of passengers, U.S. mail, and gold. The driver pulls the horses to an abrupt halt at the sight of a man standing confidently on the side of the road. He wears […]
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summer of 1875, and the wells fargo stagecoach is slowly rattling through a mountain pass in the sierra nevada gold country, bearing a cargo of passengers, u.s. mail, and gold. the driver pulls the horses to an abrupt halt at the sight of a man standing confidently on the side of the road. he wears a long dirty duster, a sack of flour over his head with a pair of holes cut for the eyes and brandishes a double-barrelled 12 gauge shotgun. a deep and hollow voice utters the command destined to become the most famous five words in western outlaw history: "please throw down the box." the legend of black bart is born.
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