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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > General
New England stagemen followed thousands of bedazzled gold rushers
out west in 1849, carving out the first public overland
transportation routes in California. Daring drivers like Hank Monk
navigated treacherous terrain, while entrepreneurs such as James
Birch, Jared Crandall and Louis McLane founded stagecoach companies
traveling from Stockton to the Oregon border and over the
formidable Sierra Nevada. Stagecoaches hauling gold from isolated
mines to big-city safes were easy targets for highwaymen like Black
Bart. Road accidents could end in disaster--coaches even tumbled
down mountainsides. Journey back with author Cheryl Anne Stapp to
an era before the railroad and automobile arrived and discover the
wild history of stagecoach travel in California.
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