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Located in Old Sacramento State Park, inside the restored B.F. Hastings Building, this historically furnished compact museum takes visitors back in time to visit an old Wells Fargo Agent’s office. Exhibits show how Wells Fargo rode the river of gold flowing through Sacramento, kept the famed Pony Express going and helped the early days of the State. Exhibits include: A Wells Fargo Concord Stagecoach, a copy machine from the 19th century, a large gold safe, and a Howard & Davis gold scale. Stagecoaches transported gold, silver, and money throughout the West. To protect its customers’ assets, Wells Fargo often employed shotgun messengers to guard valuable shipments, including brothers Wyatt and Morgan Earp in Tombstone, Arizona. If robbers stole treasure, Wells Fargo’s company policy was “never to abandon or relax the pursuit of anyone who committed a criminal offense against it.” Between 1870 and 1884, bandits attempted 347 stagecoach robberies. With the help of local law officers, Wells Fargo special agents James Hume and John Thacker pursued, captured, and secured convictions of 226 robbers—including the notorious Black Bart.
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