Treasure Express , first published in 1938, is an exciting account of the heady early days of the Wells Fargo offices and its paddlewheel, stagecoach, and express services. The book chronicles the story of Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) who incorporated Wells, Fargo & Company in California in 1852, providing express services from the gold fields to financial centers of the East. The life-or-death struggles of the drivers and guards against bandits and outlaws as they fought to build a viable ...
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Treasure Express , first published in 1938, is an exciting account of the heady early days of the Wells Fargo offices and its paddlewheel, stagecoach, and express services. The book chronicles the story of Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) who incorporated Wells, Fargo & Company in California in 1852, providing express services from the gold fields to financial centers of the East. The life-or-death struggles of the drivers and guards against bandits and outlaws as they fought to build a viable transportation and delivery network. Detailed too, are some of the most infamous robberies and attacks (and attackers) on the intrepid drivers. Indexed and illustrated throughout with photographs.
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; Cover shows normal wear and handling. See photos. The binding is in good shape. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. A good solid copy. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!
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Fine copy in fine (spine lightly sunned) dust jacket (in mylar). Octavo. 322 pps. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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Tall 8vo. xii, [2], 320 pp. Numerous plates, text illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Blue linen, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. cover art of night time stagecoach hold-up by George Carlson (chipping & tears upper & lower fore-edges, head & foot of spine), VG/Fair copy. First edition of this account of the rise of Wells Fargo, and other expresses in the West, drawing from contemporary newspapers, waybills, reports, letters, and records in Wells Fargo Bank's archive.
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Better than very good, in an attractive jacket with some light fading to the spine and some internal tape repairs. There is some chipping to the top of the spine. 322 pp. 8vo,