Charming gentleman by day, robber-poet by night: Charles 'Black Bart' Bolton

Published: Sept. 12, 2023, 2 p.m.

Charles \u201cBlack Bart\u201d Bolton's neighbors in San Francisco thought his money came from ownership in gold mines. It turned out it came from furtive excursions northward to rob stagecoaches in Oregon and northern California. (Siskiyou Pass, Jackson County; 1880s, 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1401d.black-bart-gentleman-stage-robber-poet.html)