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Bennett, William P. "The First Baby In Camp: A full account of the scenes and adventures during the pioneer days of '49." Salt Lake City, UT: Rancher Publishing Co., 1893.

Berthold, Victor Maximilian. "Handbook of the Wells, Fargo and Co.'s Handstamps and Franks Used In the United States and Dominion of Canada and Foreign Countries. " New York, NY: Scott Stamp and Coin Co., 1926.

Book Club of California. "California's Wayside Inns: Relics of Stagecoach Days." San Francisco, CA: Hillside Press, 1988.

Boyd, William Harlan. "Stagecoach Heyday In the San Joaquin Valley, 1853-1876." Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society, 1983.

Butterfield's Overland Despatch. "Prospectus of Butterfield's Overland Despatch March, 1865." New York, NY: W.L.S. Harrison, 1865.

Central Overland, California and Pike's Peak Express Company. "For Pike's Peak, Ho!" St. Joseph, MO: Central Overland, California and Pike's Peak Express Co., 1860.

Chandler, Robert J. "Wells Fargo In Sacramento Since 1852." San Francisco, CA: Wells Fargo Bank, History Dept., 1992.

Conkling, Roscoe Platt, and Conkling, Margaret B. "The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869." Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark Co., 1947.

Curtis, Mabel Rowe. "The Coachman Was A Lady: The Story of the Life of Charley Parkhurst." Watsonville, CA: Pajaro Valley Historical Association, 1961.

De La Fontaine, Oliver Roberts. "The Great Understander; True Life Story of the Last of the Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messengers." Aurora, IL: W. W. Walter, 1931.

Dillon, Richard H. "Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume." Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1986; reprinted NY: Coward-McCann, 1969.

Dodge, Fred. "Under Cover For Wells Fargo; The Unvarnished Recollections of Fred Dodge." Edited by Carolyn Lake. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.

Ferguson, H. N. "A Tale of the Old West." Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, no date.

Frederick, J. V. "Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King; A Chapter In the Development of Transcontinental Transportation." Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1940.

Gallucci, Alfred D. "James E. Birch: His Empire On Wheels." Yakima, WA: A.D. Gallucci, 1989.

Greene, A. C. "900 Miles On the Butterfield Trail." Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 1994.

Hungerford, Edward. "Wells Fargo, Advancing the American Frontier." New York, NY: Random House, 1949.

Hunter, Vickie, and Hamma, Elizabeth. "Stagecoach Days." Menlo Park, CA: Lane Book Co., 1963.

Jackson, Joseph Henry. "Bad Company; The Story of California's Legendary and Actual Stage-Robbers, Bandits, Highwaymen and Outlaws From the Fifties To the Eighties." New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1949.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "A New Look At Wells Fargo, Stagecoaches and the Pony Express." W. Turrentine Jackson, 1966.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Portland: Wells Fargo's Hub For the Pacific Northwest ." Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society, 1985.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Racing From Reno to Virginia City By Wells Fargo and Pacific Union Expresses." Reno, NV: Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 1977.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Stages, Mails and Express In Southern California: The Role Of Wells, Fargo & Co. In the Pre-Railroad Period." Los Angeles, CA: Historical Society of Southern California, 1974(?).

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells Fargo In Colorado Territory." Denver, CO: Colorado Historical Society, 1982.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells Fargo Stagecoaching In Montana Territory." Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press, 1979.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells Fargo: Symbol of the Wild West?" Logan, UT: The Western Historical Quarterly, 1972.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells, Fargo & Co. In Idaho Territory ." Boise, ID: Idaho State Historical Society, 1984.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells Fargo Staging Over the Sierra." California Historical Society Quarterly 49, 1970, p. 99-134.

Johnston, Francis J. "The Bradshaw Trail." Riverside, CA: Historical Commission Press, 1987.

Kane, Doris E. "Sketches of the James Kane Stage Line and Pioneer Nevada-California Transportation." Manuscript, no date.

Lang, Walter Barnes. "The First Overland Mail, Butterfield Trail, St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861." East Aurora, N.Y: W.B. Lang, 1940.

Leutzinger, John F. "The Handstamps of Wells, Fargo and Co., 1852 to 1895." Louisville, KY: L.H. Hartmann, 1993; reprinted Mercer Island, WA: J.F. Leutzinger, 1968.

Loomis, Noel M. "Wells Fargo." New York, NY: C.N. Potter, 1968.

Moody, Ralph. "Wells Fargo." Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, no date.

Myrick, David F. "Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad." San Francisco, CA: David F. Myrick, 1969.

Outland, Charles F. "Stagecoaching On El Camino Real, Los Angeles to San Francisco, 1861-1901: The Clouds On Its Origin, Its Turbulent And Boisterous Progress To the Completion Of the Rails." Glendale, CA: A.H. Clark Co., 1973.

Overland Monthly. "Staging In the Mendocino Redwoods." Overland Monthly, 2d ser., v. 20, Aug.-Sept., 1892.

Pinkerton, Robert Eugene. "The First Overland Mail." New York, NY: Random House, 1953.

Rideing, William Henry. "The Overland Express; Being A Correct True Account Of Earliest Beginnings In New England, Battlefront Service During the Civil War and Perilous Adventures In the Far West, 1837-1875." Ashland, OR: L. Osborne, 1970.

Robertson, Dale. "Wells Fargo, the Legend." Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1975.

Root, Frank Albert, and Connelley, William Elsey. "The Overland Stage To California: Personal Reminiscences And Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express From the Missouri River To the Pacific Ocean." Topeka, KS: F. A. Root, W. E. Connelley, 1901; reprinted Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co., 1950.

Smith, Waddell F. "Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express; Or, Hoof Prints That Can Not Be Eroded By Time." San Rafael, CA: Pony Express History and Art Gallery, 1966.

Tallack, William. "The California Overland Express: The Longest Stage-Ride In the World." London: Leisure Hour, 1865; reprinted Los Angeles, CA: Historical Society of Southern California, 1935. (Includes a check list of published material on the Butterfield Overland Mail by J. Gregg Layne).

Teiser, Ruth, and Harroun, Catherine. "Origin of Wells, Fargo and Company, 1841-1852." Ruth Teiser and Catherine Harroun, 1948(?).

Theobald, John, and Theobald, Lillian. "Wells Fargo In Arizona Territory." Tempe, AZ: Arizona Historical Foundation, 1978.

Tompkins, Walker. "Stagecoach Days In Santa Barbara County." Santa Barbara, CA: McNally and Loftin, 1984.

Trinchero, Louis. "Louis (Bob) Trinchero: California Zinfandels, A Success Story." Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 1992.

W. L. "The Great Geysers of California: Their Wonderful Appearance And Surroundings. Exciting Stage Ride Over The Mountains. Foss! 'The Monarch Of The Coach Box!'" San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1873.

Wells Fargo Bank. "A Brief History of Wells Fargo." San Francisco, CA: 1956(?).

Wells Fargo Bank. "Wells, Fargo and Co. and Old Town San Diego, 1852 to 1875." San Francisco, CA: Wells Fargo Bank, History Dept., 1990.

Wells Fargo Bank. History Dept. "Wells Fargo and Company: a Brief History." San Francisco, CA: Wells Fargo Bank. History Dept., 1976.

Wells, Fargo & Company. "Wells Fargo Since 1852." San Francisco, CA: Wells Fargo and Company, 1987(?).

Wells, Fargo & Company. "Wells, Fargo and Co's Express: List Of Offices, Agents and Correspondents." Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners, 1955.

Wilson, Neill Compton. "Treasure Express: Epic Days of the Wells Fargo." New York, NY: Macmillan, 1936.

Winther, Oscar O. "Stage-Coach Service in Northern California, 1849-52." Pacific Historical Review 3, 1934.

Winther, Oscar Osburn. "Express and Stagecoach Days in California, From the Gold Rush to the Civil War." Stanford University, CA: Stanford Univerisity Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1936.

Winther, Oscar Osburn. "Via Western Express and Stagecoach." Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press, 1945.

Woodward, Arthur. "Stage Coach Days in California." Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1951.

Ziegler, Ollie C. "Memoirs of Ollie C. Ziegler, St. Louis teamster." Edited by Sara Parker and C. Ray Brassieur. Columbia, OH: University of Missouri-Columbia, 1993.