Image / George Monroe, driving a stagecoach with around 7 passengers, circa 1870-1886

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Title: George Monroe, driving a stagecoach with around 7 passengers, circa 1870-1886
Alternative Title: Stagecoach Drivers and Pony Express Riders
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1870-1886]
1870/1886
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: George Monroe rode a stagecoach between Merced and Mariposa and became a renowned stage driver. He drove three United States presidents into Yosemite, Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes, as well as Gen. William T. Sherman. Monroe Meadows in Yosemite is named after him.
George Monroe (seated on the left) driving about seven passengers in a coach. The coach is on a dirt road in a wooded setting in front of a small, wooden church.
Photo label: George Monroe, stagecoach driver. . Credit Calif. Hist. Soc., S. F. neg. #13561. Secured from James Abajian.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f06_005a.tif
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Subject: Letter carriers
Coach drivers
Monroe, George, b. 1846 or 47-1886
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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