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Title: George Monroe, stagecoach driver, 1886
Alternative Title: Stagecoach Drivers and Pony Express Riders
Date Created and/or Issued: 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.
Portrait of George Monroe, stagecoach driver, in a dress shirt, matching pinstripe vest and trousers, watch chain and hat, standing outside.
Photo label: George Monroe, stagecoach driver, 1886. Drove Pres. Ulysses Grant in Yosemite Valley 1879. Credit Calif. Hist. Soc., S. F. neg. #13559.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f06_003a.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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