Industry
On July 1st, 1887, an attempt was made to rob the Forest City Stage carrying a shipment of gold from the Bald Mountain Extension Mine. Tom Davis, the driver, and Ben Treloar, riding shotgun, were ordered to halt, but were shot and wounded before the stage could be stopped. The horses broke into a run and pulled the stage clear of the ambush. A posse was mounted, but the bandit escaped down into the Oregon Creek Gulch without the gold.
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