From "The Saga of Old Tuolumne" by Edna Bryan Buckbee, copyright 1935 (excerpts from pages 153-165):
"...Of the many express riders not a single man was so well known as "Chips." Pilsbury Hodgkins - his real name - the pioneer expressman carried gold dust on a white mule - a noted character of early days..."
"Born in Nobleboro, Maine, February 17, 1825, Mr. Hodgkins sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 1849, working his way around Cape Horn as the ship's carpenter. After a short stay in the latter city, he went to Stockton, and with a hundred and fifty dollars in his wallet, he looked around for a teamster to haul his supplies from Stockton to the mines."
"...From June 20, 1857, to June 20, 1858, Chips carried in coin $1,421,514 and in dust $3,167,237, making a total of $4,421751. And it is to be presumed the messenger on alternate days carried quite as much treasure. But business in gold was brisk at that time. Mr. Hodgkins left a remarkable record. It was said of him that no man in the United States ever actually handled more money than he did, but not a nickel of it ever stuck to his fingers. He died in Stockton, California, September 4, 1892, and was buried in Rural Cemetery in that city."
"...Of the many express riders not a single man was so well known as "Chips." Pilsbury Hodgkins - his real name - the pioneer expressman carried gold dust on a white mule - a noted character of early days..."
"Born in Nobleboro, Maine, February 17, 1825, Mr. Hodgkins sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 1849, working his way around Cape Horn as the ship's carpenter. After a short stay in the latter city, he went to Stockton, and with a hundred and fifty dollars in his wallet, he looked around for a teamster to haul his supplies from Stockton to the mines."
"...From June 20, 1857, to June 20, 1858, Chips carried in coin $1,421,514 and in dust $3,167,237, making a total of $4,421751. And it is to be presumed the messenger on alternate days carried quite as much treasure. But business in gold was brisk at that time. Mr. Hodgkins left a remarkable record. It was said of him that no man in the United States ever actually handled more money than he did, but not a nickel of it ever stuck to his fingers. He died in Stockton, California, September 4, 1892, and was buried in Rural Cemetery in that city."
From "The Saga of Old Tuolumne" by Edna Bryan Buckbee, copyright 1935 (excerpts from pages 153-165):
"...Of the many express riders not a single man was so well known as "Chips." Pilsbury Hodgkins - his real name - the pioneer expressman carried gold dust on a white mule - a noted character of early days..."
"Born in Nobleboro, Maine, February 17, 1825, Mr. Hodgkins sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 1849, working his way around Cape Horn as the ship's carpenter. After a short stay in the latter city, he went to Stockton, and with a hundred and fifty dollars in his wallet, he looked around for a teamster to haul his supplies from Stockton to the mines."
"...From June 20, 1857, to June 20, 1858, Chips carried in coin $1,421,514 and in dust $3,167,237, making a total of $4,421751. And it is to be presumed the messenger on alternate days carried quite as much treasure. But business in gold was brisk at that time. Mr. Hodgkins left a remarkable record. It was said of him that no man in the United States ever actually handled more money than he did, but not a nickel of it ever stuck to his fingers. He died in Stockton, California, September 4, 1892, and was buried in Rural Cemetery in that city."
"...Of the many express riders not a single man was so well known as "Chips." Pilsbury Hodgkins - his real name - the pioneer expressman carried gold dust on a white mule - a noted character of early days..."
"Born in Nobleboro, Maine, February 17, 1825, Mr. Hodgkins sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 1849, working his way around Cape Horn as the ship's carpenter. After a short stay in the latter city, he went to Stockton, and with a hundred and fifty dollars in his wallet, he looked around for a teamster to haul his supplies from Stockton to the mines."
"...From June 20, 1857, to June 20, 1858, Chips carried in coin $1,421,514 and in dust $3,167,237, making a total of $4,421751. And it is to be presumed the messenger on alternate days carried quite as much treasure. But business in gold was brisk at that time. Mr. Hodgkins left a remarkable record. It was said of him that no man in the United States ever actually handled more money than he did, but not a nickel of it ever stuck to his fingers. He died in Stockton, California, September 4, 1892, and was buried in Rural Cemetery in that city."
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