American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

Rare 1870 receipt for the shipment of 3 bars of silver bullion, valued at $5,213, from Virginia City to the company office in San Francisco. Signed by

Received of Hardy & Kennedy Gold Bar package value six thousand dollars. Dated 1858 Forest Hill. Light blue paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches; lithograph...

Alfred Dixon's business card. Dealer in General Merchandise, Michigan Bluff, Cal. / Hardware, Crockery, Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods, Tinware, Pr...

Wells, Fargo & co.'s Express received of J. G. Garrison one package gold dust. Dated April, 1865 at Todd's Valley. 8 x 5 1/2 inches; le...

3 Wells Fargo checks from the Comstock Vicinity. Very rare 1872 datelined Carson City, First of Exchange, issued to H F Rice, Wells Fargo agent in Car

Collection of 10 exchange notes from Adams & Co. They are from major California Gold Rush towns including Sacramento (1851 and 1855), Marysville...

Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express

7 Pony Express etc books. 1957 Flying Snowshoes by Teal, 1959 Pony Express-The Great Gamble by Bloss, 1908 A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pon

Early territorial Nevada Pony Express postal cover dated September 3, 1862. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Virginia Pony Express began operations on A...

Wells Fargo & Co. Bankers of Salt Lake City, issued in Shanti, Utah on June 5th, 1877, payable to Warren Ferguson for $14.40. Signed by Shumer &...

Lot(x4) of paid checks related to the town of LaPorte and famous bank John Conly. Includes: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. bank check No. 242938, dated Fe...

Lot of 2. #53A issued 1897 to J B Robinson, Free of Charge, So Pac Co, signed John J Valentine pres., brn card stock, very ornate old english lette

Dated: Rattlesnake, Jan. 12, 1856. Peter E. Mead deposited $400 in coin to be returned to him on his order on presentation of this receipt, signed Bal

Very rare attractive gilted binding, 1931 The Great Understander, True Life Story of the Last of the Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messengers by Walter-

1860 The Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 by Horace Greeley. Greeley's travels through Kansas, Utah and Cal...

The chronicle of a journey taken by newspaper editor Horace Greeley (Go West Young Man). It's basically a series of letters written by Greeley d...

1926 The Overland Mail by Hafen, 361pp with index. History of early mail routes by stage coach, Pony Express etc. This volume is fitted with a gilted

The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes by Agnes Wright Spring, copyright 1949. There are 418 pages, plus a fold out map in the back. B

Oregon and California Rail Road check signed by Ben Holladay. "Benjamin Holladay (October 14, 1819 – July 8, 1887)[1] was an American tra...

Stage Coach-style trunk, with an indented junction between the top and lower body. Leather end handles. Leather covered wood, square nail construction

An exceptionally rare collection of three directly related documents that includes the first and third (of three) Pinkerton Posters/flyers of 1901 an

Louis Victor Eytinge shocked the city of Phoenix by murdering his roommate John Leicht just two weeks after being released from the Ohio Penitentiary.

This cook set is from the Aztec Boarding House in Tombstone, Arizona. The Aztec House lies in the historic district across the street from Fly's...

Check signed by Madame Le Tang, Tombstone Whorehouse Madam. Drawn on the Pima County Bank, 1881. LeTang was a professional and beautiful French Madame

This is a one-page (front and back) hand-written letter from a son, John S. Moore, to his father, R.B. Moore, datelined Ehrenberg (Arizona), Oct. 14,

R.H. Paul Letter 1883. Exceptional pair of original "Wanted" handbill/poster with a $1600 reward for the "Arrest Stage Robber" o...

Wanted poster issued by The American Express Company & The Fort Smith & Western Railway Company for $100. The poster concerns one George Edw...

The Oath of Office for J.N. Laurbert as Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas signed on the 12th of January 1886 by Judge

Original reward poster, 9 x 12 inches. $800 Reward! in addition to the $300 offered by the Sheriff of this County. By order Jno. J. Vallentine, Gen&...

10 x 14" reward poster posted by the State of California for a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the person that poisoned Julius ...

Handwritten correspondence dated June 24, 1873 from the Wells Fargo Agent in Downieville, California to John J. Valentine, general superintendent of W

Rare Inyo county wanted for murder poster with $300 reward. Manuel Montano was murdered by Valentine Diaz. We did a thorough search of digitized newsp

1894 wanted for murder poster. On March 7, 1894 Mrs. O H Strickland murdered Mrs. Adeline Eggleston for unknown reasons. When the body of Mrs. Eggles

1891 wanted for murder poster. S. Galavotti, Supt. of Derbec Drift mine was killed by a rifle shot to the head by an unknown man as they were transpo

Wanted poster issued December 1, 1911 for the capture of the Indian brothers Mike & Wilson Harun for the murder of William Blake while in the pe...

Circular Number 912, issued November 10, 1925 at Riverside, California by C. A. Sweeters, Sheriff. On Monday, November 9th, 1925, at the Main Street P

1888 wanted for murder poster. The Strybe brothers, "very tough and dangerous characters", were both given 20 years sentences at Folsom Pr...

49er's Letter Re: Severed Head of Joaquin Murrieta. Joseph G. Eastland came to California in 1849 with his father and they founded the town of ...

Joaquin Murieta Brigand Chief of California, a complete history of his life from the age sixteen to the time of his capture and death in 1853, 1932 Gr

Tiburcio Vasquez unpublished carte de visite taken by photographer D.S. Boydston in Volcano, California (printed on reverse), undated, circa 1869-73.

(5) Books on San Francisco vigilantes and vigilantes committees. This committee was a group of citizens dedicated to delivering justice against crimin

Wanted broadside (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) issued by George Wittman, Chief of Police of San Francisco, June 24th, 1904 for Fred J. Wood, alias Fred Ward,

This is an EXECUTIVE PARDON, dated April 10, 1872 and signed by then California Governor Newton Booth, on behalf of Robert Francis. Francis was tried

10 x 13.5" reward poster for the murder of Daniel H. Wilson, a farmer in Suisun Valley on Oct. 9, 1896, $500 for arrest and conviction of the ...

A Reward Card for the capture of three men accused of murder in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1871. Measuring about 4" x 2.5", printed in black ...

A $400 Reward wanted poster for capturing Charles H. Thorn, Alias Dorsey, who escaped San Quentin Prison on Dec. 1, 1887, after being sentenced to lif

Exceptionally rare original CDV of Black Bart circulated by Wells, Fargo out of Sacramento. On the reverse is "Black Bart for F. Tracy" wh...

This is often said to be the absolute top western "Wanted" poster, the Black Bart Poet Stage Robber four page circular. J. B. Hume, Wells ...

Broadside mining NOTICE posted by California lawman Harry N. Morse, who captured Black Bart. 9 x 12 inches, printed on oilcloth. Dated: Gold Park, Jac

Dated San Francisco, Dec. 1, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co.'s express box on the Chinese and Copperopolis Stage was robbed by one man about two mi...