The Last Stagecoach Hold-Up in San Mateo County - Hillsborough, CA
N 37° 32.587 W 122° 20.869
10S E 557613 N 4155325
Quite simply: A monument to a meager mugging.
Waymark Code: WM6M7B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2009
Views: 15
From the monument plaque:
"NEAR THIS LOCATION ON AUG. 17, 1905, A MASKED DESPERADO DESCRIBED AS 'NINE FEET TALL AND ARMED WITH A SMALL CANNON' STOPPED THE HALF MOON BAY STAGECOACH. HE ANGRILY ORDERED DRIVER ED CAMPBELL TO THROW DOWN THE WELLS FARGO & CO'S TREASURE BOX, LEVI BROS. STRONGBOX, AND THE U.S. MAIL BAG. NO VALUABLES HERE, BUT FIVE PASSENGERS HID THEIR GOLD AND ONLY GAVE $4.30"
FYI: This is one of those places where history converges with geocaching AND poetry. Enjoy :-)
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