Summary: By Lowell "Zeke" Ziemann Read by Shawn Robertson Setting: American West, late 1800's The Arizona & California Stage Company headquartered in Wickenburg, Arizona Territory. It provided passenger, mail, and freight service from the Territorial Capital of Prescott to Phoenix, Maricopa and Tucson. During A & C’s formative years, sporadic Indian attacks were a problem. In 1871 Yavapai Indians waylaid a stage coach six miles west of Wickenburg and killed six people in what became known as the “Wickenburg Massacre”. By the late 1870’s, however, Indian raids on the route were rare. But then a new nemesis erupted. Highwaymen, called “Knights of the Road” by local newspapers, began causing continual havoc. In fact, stage robberies on the route in the 1880’s occurred at the alarming rate of nearly one per month. The following story is a fictional account of a holdup attempt on the A & C during that time.
