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WELLS, FARGO TREASURE EXPRESS. By Neill O. Wilson. (Macmillan). $2.50.
There is always some romantic, thrilling connection with the name Wells, Fargo. It evokes visions of clumsy stagecoaches careening wildly over the mountain trails, pursued by hostile Indians. It awakens pictures of masked bandits waiting in ambush for the overland coaches.
Essentially, "Treasure Express" is the story of the origin and evolution of the express companies of the West. Beginning when the discovery of gold stampeded miners to the goldfields, and some men found it a more...