Exact Wording of Plaque
Black Bart at Funk Hill
Copperopolis
JULY 1875 AT FUNK HILL 4 MILES DUE EAST BLACK BART ALIAS CHARLES E. BOLTON OR BOLES WEARING A FLOUR SACK MASK AND A LINEN DUSTER WAVING A DOUBLE –BARRELED SHOTGUN HELD UP THE WELS FARGO SONORA TO MILTON STAGE. THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL STAGE ROBBERY IN CALIFORNIA. FOR EIGHT YEARS HE WAS THE ”SCOURGE AND TERROR OF CALIFORNIA ROADS.” OFTEN LEAVING A FEW LINES OF DOGGEREL AT THE SCENE. I’VE LABORED LONG AND HARD FOR BREAD, BUT ON MY CORNS’ TOO LONG YOU’VE TIRED, YOU FINE-HAIRED SONS OF B -------- / TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERIES LATER BART AGAIN STRUCK AT FUNK HILL ONLY TO BE WOUNDED AND LEAVE CLUES LEADING TO HIS CAPTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO. RELEASED FROM SAN QUENTIN JANUARY 23, 1886, HE DISAPPEARED AFTER GETTING OFF THE TRAIN IN VISALIA.
MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 TULEBURGH CHAPTER 69
E CLAMPUS VITUS
APRIL 9, 1988
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