Omer Roy Hamersley was born October 19, 1879 near New Pine Creek, on the California side. He had a career driving both stage coaches and freight outfits from Alturas to Madeline and Lakeview during the early part of the century. He was one of the last men to drive commercial stage coach in Modoc. Stage robbery was always a possibility and Omer didn't escape that fate. He was, however, lucky enough to experience it only once, in 1908, with no harm done to him or his passengers.
"Well, I was traveling along about 11 at night, and was about five miles north of Likely. This feller jumped out in the road and said he wanted to talk to me and when I slowed down two other fellers jumped out of the sage brush with guns pointed at me. They made me and the three passengers get out and took the strong box off the top of the coach and then ordered us to get going. The next day the Sheriff found the box shot open in the brush but all that had been in it was some circular saw teeth. Jim Negley was postmaster here then and he told me that a big payroll shipment of $6500 had just come in and was in the mail sack at my feet all the time. I sure would have liked to have seen them fellers faces when they opened that box and found nothing but saw teeth."
You can read more about this interesting man in Modoc County Historical Society Journal No. 41.
(Photo and text credits: Betsy Ingraham and Rena Harris
MCHS Journal No. 41)
Contributor: BillGransee (47643549)
"Well, I was traveling along about 11 at night, and was about five miles north of Likely. This feller jumped out in the road and said he wanted to talk to me and when I slowed down two other fellers jumped out of the sage brush with guns pointed at me. They made me and the three passengers get out and took the strong box off the top of the coach and then ordered us to get going. The next day the Sheriff found the box shot open in the brush but all that had been in it was some circular saw teeth. Jim Negley was postmaster here then and he told me that a big payroll shipment of $6500 had just come in and was in the mail sack at my feet all the time. I sure would have liked to have seen them fellers faces when they opened that box and found nothing but saw teeth."
You can read more about this interesting man in Modoc County Historical Society Journal No. 41.
(Photo and text credits: Betsy Ingraham and Rena Harris
MCHS Journal No. 41)
Contributor: BillGransee (47643549)
Omer Roy Hamersley was born October 19, 1879 near New Pine Creek, on the California side. He had a career driving both stage coaches and freight outfits from Alturas to Madeline and Lakeview during the early part of the century. He was one of the last men to drive commercial stage coach in Modoc. Stage robbery was always a possibility and Omer didn't escape that fate. He was, however, lucky enough to experience it only once, in 1908, with no harm done to him or his passengers.
"Well, I was traveling along about 11 at night, and was about five miles north of Likely. This feller jumped out in the road and said he wanted to talk to me and when I slowed down two other fellers jumped out of the sage brush with guns pointed at me. They made me and the three passengers get out and took the strong box off the top of the coach and then ordered us to get going. The next day the Sheriff found the box shot open in the brush but all that had been in it was some circular saw teeth. Jim Negley was postmaster here then and he told me that a big payroll shipment of $6500 had just come in and was in the mail sack at my feet all the time. I sure would have liked to have seen them fellers faces when they opened that box and found nothing but saw teeth."
You can read more about this interesting man in Modoc County Historical Society Journal No. 41.
(Photo and text credits: Betsy Ingraham and Rena Harris
MCHS Journal No. 41)
Contributor: BillGransee (47643549)
"Well, I was traveling along about 11 at night, and was about five miles north of Likely. This feller jumped out in the road and said he wanted to talk to me and when I slowed down two other fellers jumped out of the sage brush with guns pointed at me. They made me and the three passengers get out and took the strong box off the top of the coach and then ordered us to get going. The next day the Sheriff found the box shot open in the brush but all that had been in it was some circular saw teeth. Jim Negley was postmaster here then and he told me that a big payroll shipment of $6500 had just come in and was in the mail sack at my feet all the time. I sure would have liked to have seen them fellers faces when they opened that box and found nothing but saw teeth."
You can read more about this interesting man in Modoc County Historical Society Journal No. 41.
(Photo and text credits: Betsy Ingraham and Rena Harris
MCHS Journal No. 41)
Contributor: BillGransee (47643549)
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