Robber’s Roost Defender

After the Black Hills gold rush began, Daniel Boone May helped guard the Cheyenne-Deadwood stagecoach (May is shown with one below). To protect passengers from robberies, he rode out from his base at the Robber’s Roost stage station in Wyoming Territory). — All photos Courtesy Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources except stagecoach photo courtesy California Historical Society Collection at Uni