April 23, 2024 • 15 mins
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(01:33):
From the annals of the throbbing historyof the West, the daring, courage,
conquest and achievement of frontier fighters,hand in hand with the brilliant record
of covered wagon and stagecoach, andspanning the continent, those the glorious epoch
of the Wells Fargo Express. TheIndian by eighteen hundred and fifty four was
no longer the greatest menace to thestagecoach driver. Instead, hundreds of miles
(01:55):
of desert and mountain were infested byhighwaymen. Twenty five miles from San Francisco,
an old concord coach with eight passengers, the driver, guard, and
a treasure chest thundering down a narrowmountain road. Driver and guard were complimenting
themselves on two things. He getalong, get done. You're spinning on
(02:15):
this treat main me saying, yeah, Bill, looks like I ain't gonna
have no use for Licia. I'mgonna been holding across fen these ever since
we left the mine. Ain't thatcourse? Less, said his best prayer.
Just we'll get the six of themgorse banking and hey, hey,
Bill Cook, coming right at this. Hey, what walk fire? We
(02:38):
got to cover the allow people downYour guns them worried for raw get traded
going off? Pa, are wegoing to be be held up? You
are held up? Come on onlyapato of the coach for a hey,
here's your traj Yes, a goodhole this time. There's twenty five thousand
(03:00):
dollars in it. Where are yourstart for passengers? You two tower the
cushions. I'm sure no dust ornuggets are hidden. Your voice is mighty
familiar mess. If your face matchesthat voice yours, I say you will
tomorrowth I'll get of all these bows. All right, men, give me
the valuables. I'll get back onthe coach. All you remember, we
(03:21):
got a beat on you, andit might be wise for you, thy
mister driver, not to find thename to match my voice. All right,
let's go. I have some powerfulmilks. It's getting so that it's
fast as the miners get the golddust into the treasure. Chase the highwaymen,
they're just around the corner and takeit away. When they're pulling into
(03:44):
San Francisco. There's gonna be thevery net that pay this time. Express
companies are gonna have to pay upor get out of business. Whom mister
Parker in his office. Now whererosy and as everybody in alves everybody won't
(04:08):
everybody for minds and business houses allI say, everybody's everyone's Eliza every day
talking big business. Oh no,no, if a big business was big
talk, I've talked this off withmy father. Gentlemen, good day and
thank you. I know you seewhere yourself was if were a big talk
(04:29):
or a big business talk. Andthen a most astounding offer has just made
us in your absence. It's agood chance for us to get at least
sixty percent of all the express businessin the West, ninety percent, These
men saying, well, let's discussthis in my office. I don'd like
to have wild talk floating around inthe general offices, Henry, one of
(04:49):
our competitors, Stages was held upyesterday morning, and from the treasure chest
alone, the highwayman got twenty fivethousand dollars. It's a nice little hole.
Something's gon to be done about boththe highwaymen and the responsibility of the
Express company. What does this groupexpect Wills, Fargo and Company to make
good the laws of every treasure chess. If we'll make good, this powerful
(05:10):
group of mind owners and businessmen willgive us enough business to cover the entire
West with Wells Fargo oppositing the room. I appreciate the public's confidence in Wells
Fargo. After all, we're alittle more than four years in the West.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime forany company if we can see our
way clear to do it. Ifwe guarantee to make good lost by fact.
That means if from the time ouragent gives the consigner a receipt,
(05:31):
that proceed is as good as ourword, and our world will have to
be our bond exactly well. Thewhole scheme is breath taken, and its
possibilities the dangerous possible. And itcould be done if we had three things
improved and faster coaches, a treasurechess that only gunpowder could open, and
guards who believe with us that thehighwaymen must go. I know now,
(06:05):
men, mister Fargo and myself haveagreed that you drivers and guards of Wills
Fargo, passenger and express coaches representa new type of American man. In
your hands will be half of thetreasure of the nation, as well as
the lives of men and women passengers. Mister Fargo will give you your instruction.
(06:27):
Each coach will have two guards.Each guard will have one shot gun
across his knees another that can besnapped to his shoulder on a split second
notice. He will also have abrace of pistols. The treasure chest will
be of one half inch cast iron, heavily padlocked, and placed in a
larger wood brass bound, heavily padlockedouter box. Your orders will be first,
(06:49):
think of the safety and well beingof your passengers. That means throwing
out your treasure chest on demand ifit looks like a shooting of prayer if
it doesn't, but you all msagainst the highwaymen, the future of Wells
Fargo and the growth of the Westis in your hands. Get going,
and God bless you. Glad we'rejust fourteen miles of Placyville. Sure we'll
(07:23):
be a comforting sight to see thelights of that town twinkling up to us,
friendly like I should make it thereby ten o'clock. I got a
funny feeling the middle of my summer. Ain't didn't screaming feet? Are you
not? After four years to holdthe jot gun in your hands? And
it is squim itsse? I ain'tup fear I hear it's something called by
(07:43):
a high fluting word for reminition orsome such thing. And if we ain't
been held up fifty miles out ofPlazaville, we ain't gonna be then.
O briggers in this part of thecountry ain't heard yet about our cast on
treasure chest. Will think it's easyfigures. I'm ready for if they come.
Lamb here tells me we'll be comingup to the top of a grave.
Once down, we'll give the horsestheir head and be in the plasticville
(08:07):
before you know it. He thatyou know what shark make anything out beeat.
I can't see a thing, butI'm here in the two on one
more mile and we'll be at thetop of the grave and saying if it's
bandits, we can give them arun for it into plaza Ville. Come
on, Betty, come on girl, get gone take anything out yet.
Slam her party of men, anddon't pack mules with them their own crew,
(08:31):
Hi Waming, get ready to throwout your trader, bet Tom and
down before I try and get tothe top of this grave. And there
the can and on her. She'dlike to let them have one both bells.
We got eight ladies with four menin that cot. Huh, don't
think I can make the top ofthe grade in time. They'd have better
slow down afore the open fire.And we gotta think of our pastures.
(08:52):
He had. Oh what swanker,So I have the pleasure cast Oh you
there, the coat ain't got nothingto worry about. As long as we
get the dust in that box,and you don't pull a gun in the
eye, you can keep your personalvaluable too. All right, here's the
(09:13):
chest, alright, man, takeit open. Supposely fifty thousand dollars,
and that some sort will know whereit is. And who's gonna pay with
the lives? I met up withyou once before, mister Rick, can
you resonstate dick, you sturdy lowstone murder and mongol un Yeah, for
you don't get the same. You'regonna headlocks on this it she comes now,
(09:41):
that's a good moon light enough tosee from it. Were live,
be this and I an chest insank this one? She first never get
this open without blasting it well,spargo express, Huh. I'll have to
remember to carry gunpowder with us nexttime, all right too, You get
that chest on my horse. Rememberanybody fires one truck and we'll come back
(10:03):
and wipe you out, all ofyou. Let's go now we know who
did the old enough. As soonas we're getting into Placidville, we'll get
a Wells Fargo pass out. Afterthat game, better all get back into
the coach. We're gonna figger itinto Plazaville. Come on, get on,
(10:26):
get on you. I'm quitting myjob as driver for Wells Fargo and
joining with the sheriffs and the busyuntil we find Rattlesnake taking I'm a bends
down him personal. I figured Siffthat it would take Rattlesnake in his gang
(10:54):
some time to get gun powder.Last the chance open, they'd be leaving
them so a trail. Think you'reright, and iron chise is the thing
that's gonna hang more highwaymen than anythingelse. And most of the time we're
gonna recover the traser too. Thisis where we was held up there,
getting lighter all the time. Reckon, we can pick up some sort of
a trail. Reckon we will.Here's the marks of the coach and your
(11:18):
horses done. Here's their horses.Oo, Sami redles snakes men went this
way and some the other way.It's funny he should be dividing his party.
And Yeff, that was just tothrow us off his frank. They
went off into the bush, butcame back into the road again. Down
here all went off must itching theirhigh out. All right, Dan,
(11:39):
you take the leave. Everybody pullerdown. Ring up your horses sounds like
(12:01):
a whole halflo man. That's RaddleSnake. They're blown up iron treasure chest
to your horses. There's going tobe an explosion. He smount me and
me along hen's knees through the seedbrush. When you're close enough to shoot,
shoot to kill. Sure enough isa hole. I'll call out to
Radles Snake, and then your menstart shooting, because they'll all do the
(12:24):
same now, Raddles Snake, Dick, surrender the name of the lake.
Dick, surrender the name of thelaw. Deff, my Ben's done that,
Tritter. The country's rid of ratlSnake Dick and Wills Fargo got the
(12:45):
treasure bank within twenty four hours.Well, I reckon, there'll be more
respect now for Wills Fargo stage coachesand for the law. The West.
I hope will be a mite saferfor everybody that wants to come out the
last open frontiers, and soul wasestablished. The reputation of Wells Fargo,
(13:09):
a reputation that was to go downin history as having helped tremendously and making
the West safe for the pioneers forcivilization. Each stage driver, every agent
who guarded passengers and treasure chests weresworn servants of law and order, each
one a true frontier fighter of theOld West.
From the annals of the throbbing historyof the West, the daring, courage,
conquest and achievement of frontier fighters,hand in hand with the brilliant record
of covered wagon and stagecoach, andspanning the continent, those the glorious epoch
of the Wells Fargo Express. TheIndian by eighteen hundred and fifty four was
no longer the greatest menace to thestagecoach driver. Instead, hundreds of miles
(01:55):
of desert and mountain were infested byhighwaymen. Twenty five miles from San Francisco,
an old concord coach with eight passengers, the driver, guard, and
a treasure chest thundering down a narrowmountain road. Driver and guard were complimenting
themselves on two things. He getalong, get done. You're spinning on
(02:15):
this treat main me saying, yeah, Bill, looks like I ain't gonna
have no use for Licia. I'mgonna been holding across fen these ever since
we left the mine. Ain't thatcourse? Less, said his best prayer.
Just we'll get the six of themgorse banking and hey, hey,
Bill Cook, coming right at this. Hey, what walk fire? We
(02:38):
got to cover the allow people downYour guns them worried for raw get traded
going off? Pa, are wegoing to be be held up? You
are held up? Come on onlyapato of the coach for a hey,
here's your traj Yes, a goodhole this time. There's twenty five thousand
(03:00):
dollars in it. Where are yourstart for passengers? You two tower the
cushions. I'm sure no dust ornuggets are hidden. Your voice is mighty
familiar mess. If your face matchesthat voice yours, I say you will
tomorrowth I'll get of all these bows. All right, men, give me
the valuables. I'll get back onthe coach. All you remember, we
(03:21):
got a beat on you, andit might be wise for you, thy
mister driver, not to find thename to match my voice. All right,
let's go. I have some powerfulmilks. It's getting so that it's
fast as the miners get the golddust into the treasure. Chase the highwaymen,
they're just around the corner and takeit away. When they're pulling into
(03:44):
San Francisco. There's gonna be thevery net that pay this time. Express
companies are gonna have to pay upor get out of business. Whom mister
Parker in his office. Now whererosy and as everybody in alves everybody won't
(04:08):
everybody for minds and business houses allI say, everybody's everyone's Eliza every day
talking big business. Oh no,no, if a big business was big
talk, I've talked this off withmy father. Gentlemen, good day and
thank you. I know you seewhere yourself was if were a big talk
(04:29):
or a big business talk. Andthen a most astounding offer has just made
us in your absence. It's agood chance for us to get at least
sixty percent of all the express businessin the West, ninety percent, These
men saying, well, let's discussthis in my office. I don'd like
to have wild talk floating around inthe general offices, Henry, one of
(04:49):
our competitors, Stages was held upyesterday morning, and from the treasure chest
alone, the highwayman got twenty fivethousand dollars. It's a nice little hole.
Something's gon to be done about boththe highwaymen and the responsibility of the
Express company. What does this groupexpect Wills, Fargo and Company to make
good the laws of every treasure chess. If we'll make good, this powerful
(05:10):
group of mind owners and businessmen willgive us enough business to cover the entire
West with Wells Fargo oppositing the room. I appreciate the public's confidence in Wells
Fargo. After all, we're alittle more than four years in the West.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime forany company if we can see our
way clear to do it. Ifwe guarantee to make good lost by fact.
That means if from the time ouragent gives the consigner a receipt,
(05:31):
that proceed is as good as ourword, and our world will have to
be our bond exactly well. Thewhole scheme is breath taken, and its
possibilities the dangerous possible. And itcould be done if we had three things
improved and faster coaches, a treasurechess that only gunpowder could open, and
guards who believe with us that thehighwaymen must go. I know now,
(06:05):
men, mister Fargo and myself haveagreed that you drivers and guards of Wills
Fargo, passenger and express coaches representa new type of American man. In
your hands will be half of thetreasure of the nation, as well as
the lives of men and women passengers. Mister Fargo will give you your instruction.
(06:27):
Each coach will have two guards.Each guard will have one shot gun
across his knees another that can besnapped to his shoulder on a split second
notice. He will also have abrace of pistols. The treasure chest will
be of one half inch cast iron, heavily padlocked, and placed in a
larger wood brass bound, heavily padlockedouter box. Your orders will be first,
(06:49):
think of the safety and well beingof your passengers. That means throwing
out your treasure chest on demand ifit looks like a shooting of prayer if
it doesn't, but you all msagainst the highwaymen, the future of Wells
Fargo and the growth of the Westis in your hands. Get going,
and God bless you. Glad we'rejust fourteen miles of Placyville. Sure we'll
(07:23):
be a comforting sight to see thelights of that town twinkling up to us,
friendly like I should make it thereby ten o'clock. I got a
funny feeling the middle of my summer. Ain't didn't screaming feet? Are you
not? After four years to holdthe jot gun in your hands? And
it is squim itsse? I ain'tup fear I hear it's something called by
(07:43):
a high fluting word for reminition orsome such thing. And if we ain't
been held up fifty miles out ofPlazaville, we ain't gonna be then.
O briggers in this part of thecountry ain't heard yet about our cast on
treasure chest. Will think it's easyfigures. I'm ready for if they come.
Lamb here tells me we'll be comingup to the top of a grave.
Once down, we'll give the horsestheir head and be in the plasticville
(08:07):
before you know it. He thatyou know what shark make anything out beeat.
I can't see a thing, butI'm here in the two on one
more mile and we'll be at thetop of the grave and saying if it's
bandits, we can give them arun for it into plaza Ville. Come
on, Betty, come on girl, get gone take anything out yet.
Slam her party of men, anddon't pack mules with them their own crew,
(08:31):
Hi Waming, get ready to throwout your trader, bet Tom and
down before I try and get tothe top of this grave. And there
the can and on her. She'dlike to let them have one both bells.
We got eight ladies with four menin that cot. Huh, don't
think I can make the top ofthe grade in time. They'd have better
slow down afore the open fire.And we gotta think of our pastures.
(08:52):
He had. Oh what swanker,So I have the pleasure cast Oh you
there, the coat ain't got nothingto worry about. As long as we
get the dust in that box,and you don't pull a gun in the
eye, you can keep your personalvaluable too. All right, here's the
(09:13):
chest, alright, man, takeit open. Supposely fifty thousand dollars,
and that some sort will know whereit is. And who's gonna pay with
the lives? I met up withyou once before, mister Rick, can
you resonstate dick, you sturdy lowstone murder and mongol un Yeah, for
you don't get the same. You'regonna headlocks on this it she comes now,
(09:41):
that's a good moon light enough tosee from it. Were live,
be this and I an chest insank this one? She first never get
this open without blasting it well,spargo express, Huh. I'll have to
remember to carry gunpowder with us nexttime, all right too, You get
that chest on my horse. Rememberanybody fires one truck and we'll come back
(10:03):
and wipe you out, all ofyou. Let's go now we know who
did the old enough. As soonas we're getting into Placidville, we'll get
a Wells Fargo pass out. Afterthat game, better all get back into
the coach. We're gonna figger itinto Plazaville. Come on, get on,
(10:26):
get on you. I'm quitting myjob as driver for Wells Fargo and
joining with the sheriffs and the busyuntil we find Rattlesnake taking I'm a bends
down him personal. I figured Siffthat it would take Rattlesnake in his gang
(10:54):
some time to get gun powder.Last the chance open, they'd be leaving
them so a trail. Think you'reright, and iron chise is the thing
that's gonna hang more highwaymen than anythingelse. And most of the time we're
gonna recover the traser too. Thisis where we was held up there,
getting lighter all the time. Reckon, we can pick up some sort of
a trail. Reckon we will.Here's the marks of the coach and your
(11:18):
horses done. Here's their horses.Oo, Sami redles snakes men went this
way and some the other way.It's funny he should be dividing his party.
And Yeff, that was just tothrow us off his frank. They
went off into the bush, butcame back into the road again. Down
here all went off must itching theirhigh out. All right, Dan,
(11:39):
you take the leave. Everybody pullerdown. Ring up your horses sounds like
(12:01):
a whole halflo man. That's RaddleSnake. They're blown up iron treasure chest
to your horses. There's going tobe an explosion. He smount me and
me along hen's knees through the seedbrush. When you're close enough to shoot,
shoot to kill. Sure enough isa hole. I'll call out to
Radles Snake, and then your menstart shooting, because they'll all do the
(12:24):
same now, Raddles Snake, Dick, surrender the name of the lake.
Dick, surrender the name of thelaw. Deff, my Ben's done that,
Tritter. The country's rid of ratlSnake Dick and Wills Fargo got the
(12:45):
treasure bank within twenty four hours.Well, I reckon, there'll be more
respect now for Wills Fargo stage coachesand for the law. The West.
I hope will be a mite saferfor everybody that wants to come out the
last open frontiers, and soul wasestablished. The reputation of Wells Fargo,
(13:09):
a reputation that was to go downin history as having helped tremendously and making
the West safe for the pioneers forcivilization. Each stage driver, every agent
who guarded passengers and treasure chests weresworn servants of law and order, each
one a true frontier fighter of theOld West.
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