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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

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< MARCH 1877

MAY 1877 >

G = GIVEN DATE
Given or inferred within
the story's context

C = CONJECTURAL DATE
Based on information or speculation within context
of The Saga

H = HISTORIC DATE
Based on actual
historic event

01. Unless otherwise noted, refers to the story title above the notation.

02. The Conjectural Maverick, Maverick Trails

SOURCE REFERENCES

EVENT KEY

< 1876

1878 >

1877  |  JAN  |  FEB  |  MAR  |  APR  |  MAY  |  JUN  |  JUL  |  AUG  |  SEP  |  OCT  |  NOV  |  DEC

TUCSON,
ARIZONA TERRITORY

Anson P. K. Safford steps down as Governor of the Arizona Territory. H

NEWTON, KANSAS

The Cattleman's Bank is robbed of $125,000.[Hostage] C

"Pappy" Beauregard Maverick's 90th birthday. C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Dandy Jim Buckley buys a holdout device.[Stampede] C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Dandy Jim Buckley departs for Vermillion.[Stampede] C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Bret Maverick arrives in town and meets Madame Pompey.[Stampede] C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Bret Maverick bides his time. C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Bret Maverick bides his time. C

DEADWOOD,
DAKOTA TERRITORY

The town's first post office opens. H

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Bret Maverick buys a ticket for the Dakota Queen bound for Fort Pierre.[Stampede] C

MISSOURI RIVER

Bret Maverick en route from St. Louis to Fort Pierre.[Stampede] C

VERMILLION,
DAKOTA TERRITORY

Dandy Jim Buckley arrives and begins following his map to the buried Wells Fargo gold dust.[Stampede] C

MISSOURI RIVER

Bret Maverick en route from St. Louis to Fort Pierre.[Stampede] C

MISSOURI RIVER

Bret Maverick en route from St. Louis to Fort Pierre.[Stampede] C

WHISKEY FLATS,
NEBRASKA

Dandy Jim Buckley discovers the town jail was built over the buried Wells Fargo gold dust.[Stampede] C

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
Tony Cadiz, Coral Stacey and Battling Kreuger board the Dakota Queen bound for Fort Pierre.[1] C

WHISKEY FLATS,
NEBRASKA

Dandy Jim Buckley is caught using a holdout device aboard the Far West bound for St. Louis and is put ashore on a Missouri River sand bar.[1] C

WINNEBAGO BEND, MISSOURI RIVER

Bret Maverick is robbed of more than $4,000 by Tony Cadiz and Coral Stacey and is thrown overboard from the Dakota Queen by Battling Kreuger. Bret finds Dandy Jim Buckley on a sand bar and partners with him to recover $40,000 in buried Wells Fargo gold dust.[1] C

SALIX, IOWA

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley walk from Winnebago Bend and sell Buckley's ring for two horses and outfits and $80, and head to Vermillion to begin their search for the buried Wells Fargo gold dust.[1] C

IOWA

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley follow the Missouri River to Vermillion.[1] C

DAKOTA TERRITORY

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley follow the Missouri River to Vermillion.[1] C

VERMILLION,
DAKOTA TERRITORY

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley spot the Twin Peaks from across the Missouri River.[1] C

WHISKEY FLATS,
NEBRASKA

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley find a town has been built in the Mountain Meadow and its jail has been built directly above where the Wells Fargo gold dust is buried.[1] C

WHISKEY FLATS,
NEBRASKA

Dandy Jim Buckley gets Bret Maverick thrown in jail so he can dig up the buried Wells Fargo gold dust at night.[1] C

WHISKEY FLATS,
NEBRASKA

Bret Maverick digs his way out of jail and regroups with Dandy Jim Buckley.[1] C

VERMILLION,
DAKOTA TERRITORY

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley return the recovered gold dust to Wells Fargo for $4,000 reward.[1] C

DAKOTA TERRITORY

Bret Maverick and Dandy Jim Buckley ride the wagon trail along the Missouri River en route to Fort Pierre.[1] C