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Concord Coach in Wells Fargo livery with leather-covered front and back boots Glen's Falls, Lake George & Chester stagecoach c. 1880. The Concord coach was an American horse-drawn coach, often used as stagecoaches, mailcoaches, and hotel coaches.
The Wells Fargo History Museum is a museum operated by Wells Fargo in its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, that feature exhibits about the company's history. Some of the museums' displays include original stagecoaches , photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express , telegraphs and historic bank artifacts.
A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from 18 to 24 inches (460 to 610 mm) in length, placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotguns on stagecoaches by shotgun messengers in the American Wild West .
Abbot-Downing Company was a coach and carriage builder in Concord, New Hampshire, which became known throughout the United States for its products — in particular the Concord coach. The business's roots went back to 1813, and it persisted in some form into the 1930s with the manufacture of motorized trucks and fire engines.
Wells Fargo mud-coach. The American mud wagon was an earlier, smaller, and cruder vehicle, being mostly open-sided with minimal protection from weather, causing passengers to risk being mud-splashed. [1]: 120 A canvas-topped stage wagon was used for freight and passengers, and it had a lower center of gravity, making it harder to overturn.
Hume’s major break occurred on November 3, 1883, when Bart robbed a Wells Fargo coach headed from the town of Sonora to Milton, in Calaveras County. One of the drivers fired a shot at Bart, and forced him to promptly flee. Within the nearby brush, local officers found a cache of rations and correctly assumed that the goods were the bandit's.
Born in Old Town, Maine on March 22, 1829, [2] Ross sailed to California in 1856 to mine for gold at Sutter's Creek, California, and later in Oregon and Idaho.In 1867, he became a stage coach driver and guard for Wells Fargo.
Map of Wells Fargo branches in August 2015 Wells Fargo branch in Berkeley, California A former Wachovia branch converted to Wells Fargo in the fall of 2011 in Durham, North Carolina American Express Co. early receipts (1853, 1869) Stagecoach with Christmas gifts at a Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco Wells Fargo & Co. Express building circa 1860, Stockton, California Mud wagon — Wells Fargo U ...