John Ford's Stagecoach, starring John Wayne in the part that made him a star, remains the most famous Western ever made. Shedding new light on an old favourite, this is an enjoyable account of how the film got made, combined with a careful scene-by-scene analysis, a wealth of illustrations and the most complete credits yet assembled.
In addition, according to Bowles, they carried “every possible mitigation of the fatigues and discomforts of the long ride.” George K. Otis of the Overland Mail Company and secretary to the Wells Fargo board of directors rode along with ...
Stagecoach West is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching west of the Missouri.
Plagued by constant bandit attacks, Wells Fargo is falling on hard times. To restore public trust in their services, the company sends one well-publicised stagecoach from Denver to San Francisco.
This book details the routes, proprietors and coaching inns, the customers and why they chose to travel, and also the perils of early road travel, including highwaymen.
While vacationing at Camp Merriweather near Francisville, Mrs. Strook, an elderly citizen, asks Nancy to find an old stagecoach her great-uncle had hidden. This stagecoach may contain a valuable treasure...
J.V. Frederick describes in fascination detail the organization and operation of a vast transportation empire ruled by a man with executive genius and a gambler's instincts.
One journalist curious about life in the taverns along the stagecoach lines in Wisconsin and northern Illinois from the early 1800s until the 1880s was Harry Ellsworth Cole.
A Complete Record, 1856-1913 R. Michael Wilson. County on February 2, 1877, and February 24, ... The last item taken fromthe coachwasa valise containing gold barsworth $6,700 belonging to William F. Cummings, abankerfrom Moore's Flat.
Mrs. Strook requests Nancy's help finding an old stagecoach she believes her uncle hid in her hometown of Francisville.
Uses selections from newspapers, travel journals, diaries and government records to describe what it was like to travel by stagecoach