OUTLAWS Ep. 1 | “Black Bart: Outlaw Poet”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Charley Boles tries life as a miner in the California gold rush and then life as a family farmer in Illinois. But wealth lures him west again, and he decides it’s easier to steal from Wells, Fargo & Company than to pan for gold in the freezing rivers of California. He starts robbing stagecoaches and he soon becomes a pioneer of the trade. He gives himself a nickname and begins to write his own legacy. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.3	and conditions apply. John Shine had been up since 3 a.m. on the morning of July 26, 1875, and his fatigue was steadily growing.
0:53.4	Shine was a stage driver who was guiding his coach through Calaveras County, California.
0:58.6	He was 27 years old, a veteran of the Civil War, and in his prime.
1:03.4	It was a good thing he was an experienced driver.
1:06.2	The route he was taking that day required poise and experience.
1:13.5	He and his team of horses departed the town of Sonora, California earlier that day. They were heading west and were taking a familiar trek
1:19.3	to the settlement of Milton. The roughly 40-mile journey was not the most difficult
1:24.5	carriageway in Calaveras County, but Shine had to keep his wits about
1:28.5	him nonetheless. Not only did he have 10 passengers crammed into his stagecoach, but Shine also
1:35.1	had a U.S. mail pouch and a strong box from Wells Fargo and company. As the horses pounded the
1:41.7	dirt, Shine spied the hardest part of his journey.
1:45.6	Funk Hill, which sat four miles east of a mining town with the cheeky name of Coppropolis,
1:52.1	was arguably the steepest part of the route.
1:55.7	Shine coaxed his team of horses up the hill's incline.
1:59.2	At first, the as Scent was not memorable. As Shine cautiously piloted
2:03.8	his stagecoach up Funk Hill, he thought the most difficult part would be protecting the horses
2:08.7	from exhaustion. Twenty miles into the journey, he and his team were doing well until an unexpected
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