One day in 1864, William Parker Carr drove an Overland Stage along the Little Blue River Trail. With Carr rode three passengers (two men and a woman) plus two guards protecting the U.S. mail.
Then with no warning, two dozen Indians on swift ponies attacked the stagecoach, firing hard upon it.
One guard, a fourteen-year-old, leaped on top of the coach and rode there, shooting again and again.
Bullets surged around Carr as he lashed his four horses into a dead run.
One bullet lodged in the seat behind him, and another shattered the lamp beside him. Still another bullet struck the bridle of his horse and brought it to its knees.
Did Carr and his passengers survive?
Find out soon in
THIEVES, RASCALS & SORE LOSERS:
A Saucy History of a Nebraska County Seat War
by Marilyn June Coffey
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