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Brother to join him on the gold rush. >> i think theres probably more up this way. >> charles and his brother, they had been barn razors in new york, and none of them liked farming life, and they couldnt wait to get to the gold fields in california. >> can i get some help? help, anybody. >> for many like the brothers, the hope of striking it rich moves them to endure incredible hardship and sacrifice. they camp along the riverbread. scall udconditions, giving rine to waterborne diseases like cho...

After months of mining, he not only fails to find gold. he loses both of his brothers to illness they contracted at camp. >> charles was devastated. he had been the one to really want to come out to california. and he felt guilty. he was a restless soul. that played very heavily into the choices he made later on. >> he heads back east a broken man. eventually stopping in illinois, where he takes a job on a farm and soon marries. >> on the one hand, you have the adventure searching for gold. and ...

>> frustrated with his farming life, hes haunted by his failure as a miner and dreams of striking it rich. >> when word of the montana gold rush reaches charles, his gold fever returns. he leaves his family and sets out for montana on foot. >> theres an interesting aspect to his life, he had an aversion to horses. when we enlisted in the military, he volunteered for the infant

>> a solid folly, boys. throw down the box. in that respect, i honor only the good office of wells fargo. i know what youre reaching for, friend. >> charles pokes sticks through the bushes so it appears there could be other guns around. >> just give him what he wants. >> he has his mask on, a duster on. hes got his gun pointing. he was an enigma, a very hard man to figure out. >> good day to you. thank you kindly.

Man, and behind every legend lies the truth. >> also known as black bart, is the most eccentric stagecoach bandit in the midwest, and yet his story is unfamiliar to us. unlike the brazen outlaw killers of today, he never fires a single shot. he is a man driven by revenge who masked his identity. instead of leaving trails of blood, he leaves behind versus of poetry. >> take care. ill send it in. >> in 1848, gold was discovered in the foothills of the sierra madres. by 1849, tens of thousands of m...

Foot for four days, following the stagecoach routes through the wilderness, looking for a place to strike. now a seasoned outlaw, he knows how to keep himself strategically hidden, willing to endure a little hardship for a big payday. >> easy, boy. easy does it. keep those hands where i can see them. would you be so kind as to throw down that box? >> ill get it right now for you, sir. >> easy boy. >> grazed by buckshot, black bart barely escapes a close call. but even a brush with death

Wells fargo detective james hume. the man he managed to elude for almost a decade. >> charles was taken back, but by this time he saw himself as bright and as witty as he could be and would be able to win them over. >> i would like you to meet detective james hume. mr. hume? >> how do you do? >> also known as black bart. from his highwayman and poet.

>> hume begins to put together that this man is quite capable of covering long distances in between the robberies. he knows its not multiple person jobs. this is a lone man. >> bowles is curious with diver interests. he takes odd jobs that pull him away from incity and give him access to new targets. >> he was trying just a little bit of everything. he tries teaching for a while, he was intelligent. he was sharp. >> a teacher. >> the preacher was serving. and the screecher is awfully strong. now...

Just days after he receives an offer for his claim, the water supply dries up. bowles is convinced its no coincidence. >> what wells fargo did is divert the stream from which bowles was panning the gold where he was forced to abandon his gold mine. >> for charles bowles, montana claim is likely his best chance for success. but when the water slows, his claim becomes worthless. many historians believe this is the moment he set his sights on wells fargo, making the company out to be responsible fo...

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