The Po 8

About the Book

The book is sort of a biography about a famous character through the eyes of my grandfather Peter Podesta. My grandfather was one of the last living stage coach drivers for Wells Fargo Co. The book started out to be a book about the Po8 and ended up being the book about the lives of three men. The book tells the story, according to Peter Podesta, and other sources that has never been put to print to this date. There are many attempts to define and determine what happened to the Po8, however, the best kept secret in the West was discovered, but covered up time after time. No one has ever mentioned my grandfather except about his stage being robbed outside of Jackson, California. Little known to friends and family was the relationship he had with the Po8. This book will bring to light Peter’s telling of this extraordinary story about the real old west and a mystery that has been long in the minds of authors and historians alike.

About the Author

Mr. Frank A. Podesta Jr. Starting writing this book in High School in 1964. He continued throughout his life by reading all that he could about the subject matter. He verified through books, documents and periodicals about what his grandfather had told him. He stuck with the task and finally finished the book some 50 years later. It was a fun and most exciting and eventful task. The length of time, helped verify some of the facts and he found a most interesting battle of the news papers of the times.