George monroe stagecoach driver

few of the wagons Monroe drove can be seen today in the Yosemite National Park at the Pioneer Yosemite History Center. Washburn remarked that George was, “the greatest of all.” Monroe earned the title “Knight of the The famous whip George Monroe Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California. Repository: California Historical Society Collection: Photographs of Yosemite and other California scenes by George Fiske Photographer: Fiske, George Date: c. Call number: PC-GS-Photographers Digital object ID: CHSjpg Preferred citation: [George Monroe, Yosemite stagecoach driver], Photographs of Yosemite and other California scenes by George Fiske, PC-GS-Photographers, Views: K. 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. Caption Photo label: George Monroe, stagecoach driver, Drove Pres. Ulysses Grant in Yosemite Valley

Card George Monroe. Yosemite stagecoach driver George Frazier Monroe was born in Georgia possibly around His father, Louis Augustus Monroe, arrived from Georgia in the Gold Rush and settled as a barber in Mariposa in He was also locally known as a civil rights advocate because he promoted the integration of local schools. George Monroe, model stagecoach driver The man who would become renowned for driving stagecoaches — and three U.S. presidents — into Yosemite Valley started life in Georgia and headed West at the age of In stagecoach days, drivers carried Wells Fargo treasure shipments and passengers across the frontier. George “Alfred” F. Monroe was considered one of the most skilled stagecoach drivers during the days of the Old West. George was a mulatto and former slave who came west from Georgia at the age of His father, who worked as a barber in the mining camps, was able to purchase his freedom. From a young age, Monroe developed a knack for training and driving horses and at the age of 22, he took a job as a stagecoach driver for A.H. Washburn and Company (later known as the Yosemite Stage and.

George Monroe William Robinson Stagecoach Drivers Pony Express Two black men carried the mail on the Pony Express. George Monroe (l) rode. Some stagecoach drivers were deservedly famous. so there are greater stage drivers than their fellows and George Monroe was the greatest of all. In , year-old George Monroe came west from Georgia. When Monroe had grown, he came to exemplify the greatness of fact and legend of the.