The Peculiar Truth about Black Bart, Thief & Po8
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4 min readApr 30, 2024
- Copperopolis, CA, July, 1875: A Wells Fargo stagecoach with ten passengers embarked toward San Francisco. Four miles outside of town, a man in a longcoat stood in the trail. On his head he wore a burlap sack with holes to see through. He aimed a shotgun at the coach driver and asked him to hand over the wagon’s strongbox. The stranger called out to his confederates hiding nearby, and the driver spotted…
