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  Black Bart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Bart (1948), a 1948 western film based on the life of Bolles starring Dan Duryea
Black Bart, a TV-series based on the movie Blazing Saddles
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Bart   (106 words)

  
 Capture of "Black Bart" - Charles E. Bolton - 1883
Though the courtesy of Sheriff Riecks of Stockton, I have succeeded in obtaining a photograph of Black Bart and a resume of his career.
That was the end of Black Bart’s career in stage robbery and it was brought about by the handkerchief which Sheriff Cunningham found.
Black Bart was a person of great endurance, a thorough mountaineer, who was probably unexcelled in making quick transit over mountains and steep grades.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist9/blackbart.html   (750 words)

  
 Pirate Encyclopedia: John Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts
ÒBlack BartÓ survived less than four short years as a pirate, but in that time he gained fame as one of the most daring captains and ruthless adversaries on the sea.
He soon was known on the high seas as ÒBarti Ddu,Ó and "Black Bart." Black Bart began his pirate career with a frenzy.
A spray of grapeshot struck Black Bart fatally in the throat.
ageofpirates.com /article.php?John_Bartholomew_Black_Bart_Roberts   (682 words)

  
 Black Bart the Legend Begins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bart suddenly darted from a boulder and stood in front of the stage, stopping it and leveling a shotgun at Hackett.
Bart dashed into the woods and vanished, but he received a scalp wound that would leave a permanent scar on the top right side of his forehead.
At the fourth and fifth robbery Bart left a note, he signed the note with a name that would go down in western history: "Black Bart, P o 8." The letters and number mystified lawmen as much as the name Black Bart.
www.blackbart.com /legend.html   (1317 words)

  
 Gold Rush Players: Black Bart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Black Bart’s talent for covering great distances on foot in impossibly short times (described as a “thorough mountaineer and a good walker” in a Wells Fargo circular), was no doubt a great asset in his life as a highwayman.
Bart was arrested and after lengthy questioning decided to confess to the robbery and show his captors where he had hidden the amalgam, hoping this would make it easier for him when he came to trial.
During his career as a highwayman, Black Bart robbed twenty-eight stages; when he was caught he confessed to only the last and was sentenced on the basis of that one alone.
www.malakoff.com /grpblbrt.htm   (791 words)

  
 Black Bart, Pirate of the Caribbean
If we are to believe it, Black Bart was perhaps the most successful pirate of all time, with the capture of over 400 ships and over £50 million of booty * in a career that spanned a mere 2 years and six months.
Black Bart was caught with this second broadside, having half his neck ripped out by a one inch ball of grape shot.
Black Bart was notorious for raiding ports along the Atlantic coast.
blindkat.hegewisch.net /pirates/whosbart.html   (1558 words)

  
 THE PLUNDERING Po8
As the story goes, a frightened woman once tossed Bart her purse after he had ordered her stage driver to "Throw down the box!" He kindly returned it to her, insisting that all he wanted was the Wells Fargo strongbox and the US Mail bag.
Bart was just backing out of the stagecoach with the hidden booty when the sound of three shots exploded over the countryside.
Bart had dropped his derby and failed to pick up some belongings that he'd sequestered behind a nearby rock -- bags of crackers and sugar, a pair of field glasses, a couple of flour sacks, three dirty linen cuffs, a razor, and a handkerchief full of buckshot.
www.zpub.com /sf/history/bart.html   (1974 words)

  
 DESPERADO -- Black Bart
The majority of Black Bart's holdups were committed in Southern Oregon, in Northern or in Calaveras County, California, 150 miles northeast of San Francisco where Wells Fargo operated many of its stagecoaches.
Black Bart conducts himself in such a polite fashion during holdups -- no swearing or rude language -- that it's impossible to put him in a class with other highwaymen Hume has known.
As Black Bart attended to his flesh wound, the two victims head in to report their trouble to the Copperopolis sheriff.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/4743/bbart.html   (2434 words)

  
 Black Bart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
While Black Bart was busy trying to get it loose, Rolleri strolled up with his shotgun.
Before he knew it, Black Bart was shot at three times, one shot wounding him.
When Hume and other detectives arrived on the scene they found many of Black Bart’s possessions that he hastily left behind, including a razor, a belt, a magnifying glass, and his fl derby hat.
hometown.aol.com /Gibson0817/BlackBart.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Hollywood Park | Bet The Races | Racing News | 04.24.2004 |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Gann, a 41-year-old native of Astoria, Ore., is a regular at Emerald Downs in Washington State, but is very familiar with Black Bart, a horse she rode to victory in four of his previous five starts at Turf Paradise in Phoenix.
Black Bart went to the front and didn't buckle when strongly challenged in the latter stages by multiple stakes winner Lennyfromalibu and millionaire Continental Red.
Black Bart, trained by Troy Bainum, dug in gamely through the stretch, finishing a half-length in front of favorite Lennyfromalibu and Continental Red, who finished in a dead heat for second in the 1 1/8-mile turf race.
www.hollywoodpark.com /bet_the_races/racing_news/racing_news_04242004.html   (661 words)

  
 Hollywood Park | Bet The Races | Racing News | 06.13.2004 |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was Black Bart's sixth victory in eight starts for owner Tom Metzger after being claimed for $16,000 last Dec. 19 by trainer Troy Bainum.
Black Bart broke on top and held a two-length advantage the first time by the grandstand, but conceded the lead to Shalini approaching the second turn.
Black Bart had his three-race win streak snapped in the Ack Ack Handicap on May 31 when finished third behind Taste of Paradise and Buddy Gil.
www.hollywoodpark.com /bet_the_races/racing_news/racing_news_06132004.html   (506 words)

  
 Black Bart: Sierra Stage Robber
Bart's reign of terror lasted the better part of a decade because no one could identify the mysterious lone bandit who dared waylay Wells Fargo stages all by himself.
Bart was considered a gentleman by most of his victims; his focus seemed to be the Wells Fargo money box and the U.S. Mail.
Black Bart was not the first man to rob a California stagecoach; that bold deed was accomplished in 1856 by Tom Bell, whose story must be told another day.
www.micmacmedia.com /Products/Books/BlackBart/blackbart.html   (1500 words)

  
 Bart (Bartholomew) our Black Labrador Retriever and Pedigree for Bayside's Delta Breeze
Bart fetched it and did a fancy finish with the sit and delivering the bird to hand.
Bart was on him and it took him about 5 seconds to pick up the rooster.
Bart did the fetch and I had him come to heel, sit and lift his head with the bird and deliver to hand.
www.varmintal.com /abart.htm   (2360 words)

  
 Black Bart
Black Bart, the stage coach robber, was captured in San Francisco in 1883 after an eight-year...
However, there are several Black Barts in history, starting with Black Bart the pirate in the 1700s and...
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www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Black_Bart   (311 words)

  
 Black Bart: Sierra Stage Robber
Black Bart always worked alone, although he would frequently create decoy gunmen for back-up, placing wooden sticks on boulders to stimulate their rifles.
Black Bart ordered McConnell to throw down the gold box, but this time the Wells Fargo chest was bolted to the floor of the stagecoach.
Bart stashed the loot, tramped one hundred miles through rugged, overgrown country in three days, and then boarded an eastbound train for Reno to hide out.
www.thestormking.com /Products/Books/BlackBart/blackbart.html   (1500 words)

  
 Black Bart: California Outlaw
Authorities found it difficult to nail Black Bart because while robbing the stages, he wore a flour sack over his head and a full length linen duster.
Black Bart soon became a celebrity by the local newspapers, but when his first bit of poetry was found in an emptied strong box several days after a hold-up, he became legendary.
Black Bart eluded captivity until 1883, when he had cut his hand trying to open a "treasure box".
www.2getgold.com /gold_rush/49erstories2.htm   (314 words)

  
 Black Bart The Legend - Shadows of the Past
(The name "Black" Bart had an early "evil" connotation, due to the 19th century and earlier concept that a person with a "dark heart" was a "fl" fellow.
Bartholomew Graham (AKA "Black Bart") "...is accused of murder...." in Placer County.
There was another "Black Bart" known in 19th century, which could have been known to Boles as well; the Pyrate (pirate) Captain Bartholomew Roberts who created havoc in the early 1720's.
www.sptddog.com /sotp/legend.html   (764 words)

  
 California Gold Rush Stories: Becoming California
The holdups grew to twenty-eight, but Bart's total eight-year take was small -- his final holdup yielded Black Bart less than $5,000.
Eventually it was the scene of young Jimmy's firing upon the desperado that yielded the clues to Black Bart's downfall.
Black Bart was convicted and went to San Quentin prison.
www.ncgold.com /History/BecomingCA_Archive15.html   (686 words)

  
 Black Bart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was there, on August 3, 1877, that a lone highwayman wearing a long white linen duster and a flour sack over his head stepped out in front of a stagecoach, pointed a double-barreled shotgun at the driver, and forced him to halt.
Black Bart eluded all but one, By Christina Proctor, Tahoe Daily Tribune February 2, 1998
Black Bart; Boulevardier Bandit, by George Hoeper [amazon]
www.zpub.com /sf/history/bart2.html   (237 words)

  
 Fiction Teachers - Classroom Theater Black Bart's Gold
According to stories she'd read, after Black Bart robbed prospectors of their gold, Black Bart hid the treasure in the Haunted Caves.
It was as if Black Bart wanted the reader to think there was treasure in the Haunted Caves.
She woke up in a sweat, just as she was about to find Black Bart's gold.
www.fictionteachers.com /classroomtheater/blackbart.html   (1477 words)

  
 UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Black Bart, a Bear, and a Motorcycle
Due to the sudden and tragic loss of Bud, alias “Black Bart”, Black Bart Paddles is in the process of restructuring.
Black Bart Paddles will strive to maintain the standards that Bud set for himself and his products.
Bud Moll (aka Black Bart of Black Bart Paddle Company) collided with a bear while riding his motorcycle in early September of this year.
www.urbangrounds.com /2004/12/28/bud-moll   (370 words)

  
 Black bart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Start the Black bart article or add a request for it.
Look for "Black bart" in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for "Black bart" in the Wikimedia Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/black_bart   (168 words)

  
 Charles E. Boles - Black Bart
In the early 1870's the Sacramento Union ran such a serial called "The Case of Summerfield" (more details) The last villain in the story is dressed in fl with unruly fl hair, large fl beard and wild grey eyes and the character has already brought fear to the hearts of it's readers.
Bart is seen picnicing along the roadside before the robbery.
They also found that Bart had dropped his derby and failed to pick up some belongings that he'd sequestered behind a nearby rock; bags of crackers and sugar, a pair of field glasses, a couple of flour sacks, three dirty linen cuffs, a razor, and a handkerchief full of buckshot.
www.sptddog.com /sotp/bbpo8.html   (2567 words)

  
 The Black Bart Inn & Motel // Lodging Calaveras County, CA // Travel & Visit Central California - San Andreas - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Black Bart Inn and Motel is the perfect lodging choice while exploring beautiful and scenic San Andreas.
Witness giant Sequoias at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, travel to the ski slopes at Bear Valley Ski Area, play a round of golf among 200 year-old oaks and scenic vistas, participate in the annual Jumping Frog Jubilee at the Calaveras County Fair, or tour a handful of award-winning Calaveras County wineries.
The Black Bart Inn and Motel also offers a restaurant, pool, banquet facilities, first-rate hospitality, and competitive room rates.
www.blackbartinn.com   (182 words)

  
 BLACK BARTS - STEAKHOUSE SALOON MUSICAL REVUE
Black Bart, a taciturn road agent, achieved legendary renown because of his many successful stagecoach robberies and the bad poetry he left behind.
In the years between 1875 and 1883, twenty-eight drivers ultimately did throw down their express boxes for Black Bart, and after nearly every robbery he left behind a taunting verse signed "Black Bart, the PO-8"…
Bart never wounded nor killed anyone, never took a lady's purse, and always used an unloaded shotgun for the holdup.
www.blackbartssteakhouse.com /history.html   (156 words)

  
 vivavictor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Colorful figures like Jesse James and Pretty Boy Floyd (made even more famous by Woody Guthrie) were considered thieves and killers back in their own day.  Wells Fargo profits off its "wild west history" by promoting the legendary characters who used to rob their stage coaches, calling them "varmints" on the corporate website.
Bart, whose real name was Charles E. Bolton, robbed 27 stages over a period of  four years in the late 1800's.  Even
Black Bart's last robbery was 1883. ; Victor's first was 1983.
www.homestead.com /homefront/vivavictor.html   (329 words)

  
 Black Bart - Family Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1946 the New York World Telegram reported in a Sunday feature that Black Bart pointed his cane at a passing stage to play a joke on the driver.
Worthless as history, Black Bart is nonetheless an enjoyable fabrication about the fabled western outlaw.
Roberts (Black Bart) was killed aboard his ship, the Royal Fortune, on February 5, 1722, in a battle with the warship Swallow.
www.blackbart.com /trivia.html   (433 words)

  
 Black Bart Lures at Anglers Center
Black Bart Lures are not maybe lures; they are kick butt catch-em up guaranteed.
Black Bart Hex Jet- Cupped nose large venting jets guaranteed to attract attention to this bait.
Black Bart Pelagic Breakfast- Now the world famous "Breakfast" bait is available in a mini size.
www.anglerscenter.com /lures_blackbart-lighttackle.htm   (463 words)

  
 BLACK BART LURES - Australian Retail Prices - Skirted Trolling Lures
Check out our prices in $US Black Bart Lures have dominated the tournament trail after only a few years since their release to the public.
In Australia, Black Bart Lures are now suffering the same fate as Pakula Lures and are being copied.
These copies are being sold as Black Bart Lures and are vastly inferior to the genuine article.
www.billfishtacklesupply.com /BBart/aussie.htm   (855 words)

  
 BLACK BARt
   Bart was finally laid low by a handkerchief with a laundry mark on it he accidentally dropped at the scene of a robbery.
Hume had him arrested and in his report recorded that Black Bart was, "A person of great endurance.
More Black Bart lore can also be found there.
www.nw-utah-heritage.com /year03/fall03/articles/blackbart01.htm   (381 words)

  
 Black Bart California's Infamous Stage Robber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Black Bart was one of the most unusual stagecoach robbers in American history.
When Bart was arrested he was using the name Charles E. Bolton, the name under which he had been living for years in San Francisco.
This site was not set up to depict Black Bart as a hero, role model or person to be emulated.
www.blackbart.com   (234 words)

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