Coloring and Activity Book

Mack and the stagecoach

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

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All across America, stagecoaches could once

be seen dashing along thousands o miles o

roads day and night. Pulled by our or six horses,

Wells Fargo stagecoaches carried mail, packages,

passengers, baggage, and a Wells Fargo treasure

box. Riding in a stagecoach was not like riding in

a car. The roads were not smooth like our roads

today. They were rutted and rocky, and the ride

was very bumpy. There was no air conditioning

and no heat. In the summer it was very hot and

in the winter it was very cold. And there were no

radios, so the people had to sing songs, play

games, and tell stories to pass the time.

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Meet Mack, one of the best horses who ever pulled a stagecoach �

Socks

Blaze

Ears

Barrel

Muzzle

Knee Elbow

Hock

Hoof

Mack was a beautiful reddish-brown color called chestnut, and he had a white blaze and two white socks �

Leather curtains

Rear boot

Spokes

Tires

Brakes

Top railing Oil lamps

Driver’s box

Mail bag

Foot brake

Thoroughbraces

The stagecoach Mack pulled had many di�erent parts Wells Fargo stagecoaches were painted red and bright yellow

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S.K. FORD & CO.

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Mack worked on the Pioneer Stage Line route from Placerville, California, to Carson City, Nevada −

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Activity: Find the way from Placerville, California, to Carson City, Nevada

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K S E C A R B H G U O R O H T W

T T I L S Q N T E U H B U Y F L

L L X P N S Z F Z R W C S S A V

T R K T I H I W C F P C S Z D Q

F E J X A B W M H C C Z L Y Z M

J A V I T R Y D C N V R Y Y V P

B R G E R W W H W U A U U R X S

R B N M U S H T W E S S Z Y O J

J O I A C R S V O K Z P U F B A

X O L I R Y P X R A M O B U S S

P T I L E B M L B R A K E S R E

R H A B H D A P L B A E X D E R

A A R A T T L E N T E S J J V I

Z Z P G A O L M A O S L E U I T

H N O Q E K I G H O A G T U R Y

K P T Q L T O C M F G W L F D E

BRAKES MAIL BAG THOROUGHBRACES DRIVERS BOX OIL LAMPS TIRES FOOT BRAKE REAR BOOT TOP RAILING LEATHER CURTAINS SPOKES

Word Search! Find and circle the words in the puzzle

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Activity: A pound of grain costs ° cents Each pail holds ˜ pound of grain If Mack eats › pails of grain each day, how much does his food cost?

Mack ate all his grain, so he was big and strong

Being strong was important because the stagecoach could carry a driver, a messenger, ˜− passengers, baggage, mail, and a Wells Fargo treasure box All that made the stagecoach very heavy ˜¡

One day, a boy named Billy and his mom got on the stagecoach They came all the way from the East Coast to see Billy’s dad in Carson City Billy’s dad was a miner who had gone to Carson City to seek his fortune when silver was discovered there

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Stagecoach passengers could only bring °› pounds of baggage So Billy and his mom could only bring what they really needed

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Mittens Yo-yo

Comb Journal

Hat Toy horse

Sweater

Toothbrush

Socks

Activity: Billy can’t bring everything he wants on the stagecoach He has to pack only what he really needs What do you think Billy should pack? Circle all the things Billy needs Cross out all the things Billy wants.

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Activity:A ticket to ride the stagecoach from San Francisco to Carson City cost ¢˜› Circle the bills that add up to ¢˜› If a family of › rode on the stagecoach, how much did they have to pay?

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The road was steep and rocky, but Mack knew what to do He knew where to go fast, where to go slow, and where to look out for bears

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Activity: Each passenger had to pay ¢˜ ›¡ for food at the stage stations They got beans, bread, co�ee, and, if they were lucky, a piece of apple pie If the stagecoach stopped ten times, how much did each passenger have to pay for food?

And Mack knew where to stop for food ˜−

Sometimes the coach leaned way over to one side Then all the people had to lean the other way to keep the stagecoach upright

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The famous writer Mark Twain called the stagecoach “a cradle on wheels” because of the way it rocked That was good because the people had to sleep sitting up! But Billy didn’t care He had fun ˜œ

Billy wanted to be a stagecoach driver So the driver let Billy sit right next to him That was a great honor and Billy was very excited!

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When the stagecoach got to Carson City, Billy’s dad was there °¡

Billy’s dad and the other people in Carson City were very happy to see Mack and the stagecoach

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Activity: The stagecoach brought letters and packages to the people in Carson City One day the stagecoach brought � letters The letters cost ˜¡ cents each to send on the stagecoach How much did all the letters cost to send?

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Billy’s dad was very surprised to see who was sitting right next to the driver

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Billy got an extra big hug from his dad that day And Mack got an extra big treat

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