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  • Journal of Alta California

    THE COACH DRIVER’S SECRET

    Oct 02, 2018 3 minutes
    By MARK POTTS

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    A Clean Wholesome • Paper for • California Homes

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    San Francisco’s First Great Daily Founded — 1856

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    SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1879

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    Stagecoach drivers were among the most celebrated figures of the Old West. They commanded their horse-drawn wooden coaches, packed with passengers and freight, for dozens of miles a day along rough, rugged roads up and down the California coast. Thieving

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