California History Timeline, August 3 to August 10

August 3 Crime in 1877 Charles Bowles, English born gentleman bandit known as Black Bart, left poems at the scene of his crimes. He held up Wells Fargo stagecoaches 28 times. His fifth was inย Sonoma County, four miles from Fort Ross. He left his first poem ย here.ย    Allensworth in 1908ย  Colonel Allan Allensworth filed […]