>> narrator: in the summer of 1818, charles boles to exact revenge on the company that pushed him off his claim. he sets out on foot to scout wells fargo's stage routes. >> all over northern california, they were shipping lots of gold from one place to another, they had over 3,000 miles of stagecoach road. it was a big target. >> narrator: consumed by revenge, boles breaks ties with his family, cuts himself off from his past, and completely reinvents himself. >> he moved to san francisco, all the while, nursing this anger, this hatred toward wells fargo. >> narrator: boles's time in the military conditioned him and trained him strategically, but experiencing war has also given him an aversion to violence. >> i've watched the stages from the second cabinet far from my