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