Last Stagecoach Hold-Up in San Mateo County - Hillsborough, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 32.586 W 122° 20.869
10S E 557613 N 4155322
Plaque for the Last Stagecoach Hold-Up in San Mateo County.
Waymark Code: WMHVZZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2013
Views: 1
"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"
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