ISBN: 0931271681

In the mid 1800s Jack Slade was the West s best know badman. The name Slade was seldom uttered without the word notorious attached to it as a danger sign. And nearly every Overland Trail … Más…

In the mid 1800s Jack Slade was the West s best know badman. The name Slade was seldom uttered without the word notorious attached to it as a danger sign. And nearly every Overland Trail journal of the time repeats the story of Slade cutting off the ears of the founder of Julesburg, Colorado, Jules Beni, and carrying them in his pocket as a charm.His reputation was so colorful and outrageous during his lifetime that newspapers from coast to coast carried stories of Jack Slade, the efficient yet deadly superintendent of the Overland Stage Line and the Pony Express.The strange thing is that a man who was such a legend in the 1860s has been all but forgotten.Mark Twain, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Sir Richard Burton all wrote about Slade and his exploits. Twain wrote that while having breakfast at Slade s stage station, Slade offered him the last of a pot of coffee. Though Twain wanted it, he declined because he was afraid that Slade had not killed anybody that morning and might be needing a diversion. Yet Slade was known as the best superintendent on the stage route, and he is credited with making the Pony Express a success. His division covered much of the Wyoming trail, and parts of Nebraska and Colorado. With his Jekyll/Hyde personality, he was a good friend and a deadly enemy.He was headquartered at Horseshoe Stage Station near present-day Glendo, Wyoming. When the stageline moved south, Slade built the Virginia Dale (Colorado) stage station and n 19th century,americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,historical,history,humanities,textbooks Humanities, High Plains Press<

2004, ISBN: 9780931271687

HIGH PLAINS PR, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Illustrated, 222 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.66 kg, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, … Más…

HIGH PLAINS PR, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Illustrated, 222 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.66 kg, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Format: Illustriert, HIGH PLAINS PR, 2004<

ISBN: 9780931271687

High Plains Pr. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library c… Más…

High Plains Pr. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s)., High Plains Pr<

ISBN: 9780931271687

The truth and the myth about the notorious Jack Slade, the most feared man in the Old West. Media > Book

ISBN: 9780931271687

The truth and the myth about the notorious Jack Slade, the most feared man in the Old West. Media > Book