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The Concord Coach
The vehicle which was to play such a vital part in the
history of Wells Fargo, and of the West, was a product of Yankee ingenuity built by Abbot-Downing
Company of Concord, New Hampshire. Most of Wells
Fargo’s coaches were ordered from this firm.
The coach had great capacity for its size. It carried
nine passengers inside on leather-upholstered seats,
and six more perched on the roof. There was room for
luggage, too, on top and in the leather boot behind.
Sracecoacn Passinc Mr. Sutasta. Artist: Aaron Stein, a W. F. & Co.
Knights of the Whip
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The man who held the ribbons and cracked the whip
over a six-horse team was, in the 1850’s and °60’s,
. often more highly esteemed than the millionaire or
statesman who rode behind him. An equally popular
figure was the shotgun messenger who accompanied
the driver and protected Wells Fargo & Co. shipments.
He was armed by the company with a double-barrel
shotgun and often carried in addition a “Wells Fargo
Colt”, a pocket pistol designed in 1849 for use by
express guards and police.