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Trailblazers, Cowboys,
and Stagecoach Kings:
Abbot Downing
Company (1827-1847, 1865-1919) - The maker of the world
renowned Concord Stage, the organization built thousands of
stagecoaches during the many decades they were in business.
John
Braden (18??-1896)
- Working for various
stagecoach
outfits for several decades before
settling down in
Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Braden died a hero when he saved several
people from a burning wagon.
John Warren Butterfield
(1801-1869) - Getting his start as a stagecoach driver at the age of
19, Butterfield parlayed his
shrewd business sense to own and operate American Express and the
Overland Mail Company.
Nate
Champion (1857-1892) - A top
Texas cowboy,
Champion moved to Wyoming where he became involved in the
Johnson County War and was
killed.
Jesse Chisholm (1805?- 1868) -
Though Jesse Chisholm blazed the
famous Chisholm Trail, he never
herded cattle. Rather, he used the path to transport goods to and from
his trading posts.
John Simpson Chisum (1824-1884)
-
John Chisum
was a cattle baron who moved longhorn herds from
Texas
into
New Mexico
in the mid 1800’s, where he founded one of the largest cattle ranches
in the
American
West.
William "Buffalo Bill" Frederick Cody (1846-1917) -
Buffalo Bill was a freighter, cattle driver,
Pony Express rider,
Civil War
soldier,
buffalo hunter and
army scout before he began entertaining great numbers of people in his
Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show.
Mary
Fields, aka: Stagecoach Mary (1832-1914) - Born as a slave in
Tennessee, Fields was one of the first women entrepreneurs,
stagecoach drivers, pioneers of the American West.
Clark “Old Chieftain” Foss, aka: Old
Foss (1819-??) - A boisterous and colorful driver, Foss ran a stage
through Napa Valley,
California during
the 1860s and took many sightseers to the famed geysers in the
Calistoga and Geyserville area.
Charles
J. Goodnight (1836-1929) –
Goodnight was a
cowboy, and
Texas Ranger
who blaze the Goodnight-Loving Trail, invented the chuckwagon, and become part
owner in one of the largest ranches in the
Texas
panhandle.
The Hash-Knife Outfit (1884-1900) - The Aztec Land and Cattle
Company of Boston, became the third largest cattle company in North
America in the late 1800's, headquartered in
Holbrook,
Arizona.
Charles C. Haynes
(1837-??) - One of the most prominent drivers on the Overland Stage
Line, Haynes drove for 20 years.
Ben
Holladay (1819-1887) - Holladay began a number of stagecoach route
and became known as the "Stagecoach King."
Bose Ikard (1847-1929) - A former
slave, Ikard honed his cowboy skills and rode with
Charles
Goodnight.
Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie -
(1860-1942) - A performer in
Buffalo Bill
Cody's Wild West Show,
Pawnee Bill later formed his own
act, becoming so popular that he was stiff competition for
Buffalo Bill.
Nat Love,
aka: Deadwood Dick (1854-1921) - Nat
Love, who was also known as "Deadwood" Dick was said to have been
the greatest black cowboy in all of the
Old West.
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