The speed and dependability with which he drove the stagecoach between Wichita and Dodge City during the 1880s earned D.R. Green his nickname, “Cannonball.” Legend has it that while riding as passenger, temperance reformer Carry Nation reached out of the coach, snatched Cannonball's cigar and hurled it onto the road. He drew rein, silently lifted the astounded lady to the roadway and left her to trudge the many remaining miles to town. Learn More...