The first armored wagon ever used in the west, was rolling down the trail from Gold Ledge with a $50,000 shipment of bullion. Ahead lay broken country, where road agents often struck, but Shorty McCann the driver, and the three men who rode shotgun with him, felt no concern. The box in which they sat was ironclad. It had gun ports at point advantage, and in its top a hatch that could be opened only from the inside. It was impenetrable.