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♪ ♪

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WILLIAM:
THERE IS A LOT OF DISPUTE

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ABOUT THE PONY EXPRESS.

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FOLKS ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS REAL

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AND WHAT WAS NOT.

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[HORSE NEIGHS]

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I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY,

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THE ADVENTURE WAS REAL.

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THE DANGER WE FACED WAS REAL.

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[WOMAN SCREAM,
GLASS SHATTERS]

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AND THE LEGENDS THAT WERE BORN

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[GUNSHOTS]

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THEY WERE REAL ENOUGH.

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I SHOULD KNOW,
BECAUSE I WAS THERE

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AND THOSE BOYS
WERE MY FRIENDS.

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[HORSE NEIGHS]

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♪ ["THEME"] ♪

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A LOT OF FOLKS FORGET THAT
THE PONY EXPRESS

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WAS ONLY AROUND
FOR 18 MONTHS.

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JUST A BLINK OF AN EYE.

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BUT IN THAT SHORT TIME,
WE CHANGED THE COURSE OF OUR

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HISTORY AND GAVE THIS COUNTRY

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A GENERATION OF HEROES
TO CALL OUR OWN.

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YOU COULD SAY IT WAS
A LEGENDARY TIME.

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♪ ♪

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CHARLIE:
WHAT TOWN'S THAT, PA?

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MILLER:
THAT THERE IS OUR STATE CAPITAL,

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SACRAMENTO.

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CHARLIE:
IT DON'T LOOK LIKE MUCH.

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MILLER:
I SUPPOSE IT DON'T.

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GIVE IT TIME.

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THIS COUNTRY'S GROWING
MIGHTY FAST.

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AND IT'S TOWNS LIKE THAT,
THAT ARE GONNA LEAD US FORWARD.

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COME ON, LET'S GET DOWN THERE.

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BEGINNING IN 1848 AND 1849
WITH THE GOLD RUSH,

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THE POPULATION EXPLOSION
IN THE WEST WAS MASSIVE.

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OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
LIVED THERE

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BY THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.

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CAMERON: SO, AS ALL THESE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

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OF PEOPLE PUSHED WESTWARD,
IT STARTED TO PUSH

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THE LIMITS OF THE NATION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE.

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THERE WAS NO TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD AT THE TIME

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AND THERE WAS ALSO NO TELEGRAPH.

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SO, IF YOU WANTED TO SEND
A LETTER FROM NEW YORK

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TO SAN FRANCISCO,
YOU BASICALLY HAD TWO OPTIONS.

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YOU COULD SEND THE LETTER BY
STEAMSHIP DOWN THE ATLANTIC

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COAST, ACROSS PANAMA, AND THEN
UP THE PACIFIC TO SAN FRANCISCO

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OR YOU COULD SEND IT OVERLAND
WITH THE BUTTERFIELD MAIL ROUTE.

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THIS WAS A ROUTE THAT MADE
ITS WAY ACROSS

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THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY.

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IN BOTH CASES, IT COULD TAKE
QUITE A LONG TIME,

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UP TO THREE TO FOUR WEEKS
FOR THE LETTER TO ARRIVE.

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WITHOUT RELIABLE,
FAST COMMUNICATION,

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YOU CAN'T RUN A BUSINESS AND YOU
CERTAINLY CAN'T RUN A COUNTRY.

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PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

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BUT THERE WAS A THIRD OPTION.

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RYAN: SO, THE THIRD OPTION
IS THE CENTRAL ROUTE

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THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE COUNTRY.

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THIS ROUTE THAT IS SHORTER,

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BUT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT

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AND IT'S DANGEROUS, ARID, DRY.

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AND THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT
THE PONY EXPRESS CHOSE.

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CAMERON: SO, THE IDEA BEHIND
THE PONY EXPRESS WAS

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TO BUILD A SYSTEM OF RELAY
STATIONS, ABOUT 190

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STATIONS IN TOTAL, SPANNING
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FROM MISSOURI IN THE EAST
TO CALIFORNIA IN THE WEST.

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A RIDER WOULD TAKE A BAG OF
MAIL AND RIDE AS FAST

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AS HE COULD FROM ONE STATION
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AT THE NEXT STATION,

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HE'D EITHER CHANGE HORSES

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FOR A FRESH MOUNT

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OR HAND OFF THE BAG

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TO A NEW RIDER.

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AND IT IMPROVED THE TIME DOWN TO

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10 TO 12 DAYS FOR A LETTER TO
MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THIS SYSTEM.

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THE CLOCK WAS ALWAYS TICKING AND
NOT A SECOND COULD BE WASTED.

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THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY
IT WOULD WORK.

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[HORSE PANTS]

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[HORN BLOWS]

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ALL CLEAR!

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SAM:
RIDER COMING.

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MATT: THE STATION MASTER

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SERVED AN ESSENTIAL
LOGISTICAL ROLE.

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THEY WOULD GET THE HORSE
READY 30 MINUTES BEFORE

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A RIDER WAS SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE.

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THEY'D HAVE FOOD,
THEY'D HAVE WATER,

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THEY'D HAVE FEED FOR THE HORSES.

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SO, THEY WERE INDISPENSABLE
TO THIS ROUTE.

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HOWDY, SAM, HOW IT GOES?

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HOWDY, BILL.

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THEY HAVEN'T GOT ME YET.

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WELL, TOMORROW IS JUST A
HEARTBEAT AWAY, AIN'T IT?

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SAM:
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

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CAMERON: YOU NEEDED REALLY FAST

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TRANSFERS AT THOSE STATIONS.

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ONCE THE RIDER GOT THERE,

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THEY ONLY HAD TWO MINUTES
TO SWITCH MOUNTS.

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ALL RIGHT.

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CAMERON:
THAT'S IT.

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WE'LL CATCH YOU ON
THE RETURN, SAM.

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SAM:
FAREWELL, BILL.

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CAMERON: SO, THE STATION MASTERS
REALLY KEPT IT MOVING.

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MATT: THE MOCHILA WAS A VERY

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SMALL BAG THAT CAN CARRY MAIL.

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IT WAS SOMETHING THAT A RIDER
COULD THROW ONTO THEIR SADDLE

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IN SECONDS AND THEN BE
ON THEIR WAY.

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THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT
THE MOCHILA

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WAS THAT IT FIT OVER THE SADDLE,
SO THE RIDER COULD

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SIT ON IT.

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SO, THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF IT

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COMING OFF OR BEING LOST.

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JEFF: THAT WAS
A RESPONSIBILITY OF

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THAT PONY EXPRESS RIDER.

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YOU COULD LOSE A HORSE,

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YOU COULD LOSE ANYTHING ELSE,
BUT YOU DON'T

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LOSE THAT SADDLE BAG.

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MATT: DIFFERENT HORSES

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WERE REQUIRED FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TERRAIN.

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SO, THOROUGHBREDS WERE USED
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PINTOS WERE USED IN THE MIDDLE,

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AND THEN MUSTANGS WERE USED
IN NEVADA

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AND THEN
THE SIERRA NEVADA.

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CAMERON: EACH HORSE COULD CARRY
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165 POUNDS.

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SPEED WAS EVERYTHING.

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YOU WANTED TO KEEP THINGS
AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

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SO, A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT
20 POUNDS FOR THE MAIL ITSELF,

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20 POUNDS FOR SUPPLIES,
AND THAT LEFT ONLY

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A 125 POUNDS

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FOR THE RIDER HIMSELF.

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MATT: THESE RECRUITMENT POSTERS,

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THEY LOOKED LIKE WANTED POSTERS

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WITH CRIMINALS, AND WANTED,
AND BIG BOLD LETTERS.

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AND SO YOUNG KIDS, TEENAGERS,
PRETEENS,

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THEY SAW THESE POSTERS
AND THEY CONNECTED THAT

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WITH ADVENTURE, AND EXCITEMENT,

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AND THIS ROMANTICIZED
IDEAL OF THE WEST.

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AND MANY OF THEM BOUGHT INTO IT
AND SIGNED UP.

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[WOMAN SCREAMS,
BOY GASPS]

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MATT: CHARLIE MILLER AND HIS
FATHER WERE ON E STREET,

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SACRAMENTO, WHEN THEY CAME
ACROSS A HORSE

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WITHOUT A RIDER AND BLOOD
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THEY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THIS
IS A PONY EXPRESS HORSE.

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SO, SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THAT RIDER ON ROUTE.

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CHARLIE: WHOA, EASY BOY.

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IT'S OKAY.

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YOU'RE SAFE.

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YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

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IT'S OKAY.

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WILLIAM: THE SCHEDULE WAS
LIKE A RELIGION

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FOR THESE BOYS.

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NO MATTER WHAT DANGER THEY
FACED, THEY PUSHED FORWARD,

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HAPPIER TO DIE IN THE SADDLE

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THAN LOSE A SINGLE MINUTE
ON THE TRAIL.

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WE HAVE ALL BEEN WITNESS
TO A GRIEVOUS ACT TODAY.

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THE LOSS OF OUR RIDER WILL
NOT GO UNMARKED.

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HIS MEMORY WILL BE HELD DEAR AND
HIS SERVICE WILL BE REMEMBERED.

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BUT I TURN TO YOU NOW WITH
A MORE URGENT REQUEST.

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THERE'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.

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LETTERS THAT MUST REACH CARSON
CITY BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

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IS THERE ANY AMONG YOU WHO COULD
CARRY ON THIS IMPORTANT MISSION?

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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IS THERE NO ONE?

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♪ ♪

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I CAN DO IT.

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I CAN TAKE THE MAIL.

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CAN YOU RIDE, SON?

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MILLER:
YEAH.

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HE'S A GREAT RIDER.

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ARE YOU SURE?

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WELL, IT'S GOTTA BE DONE.

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THEN LET'S GET YOU SORTED OUT.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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FOR YOUNG MEN THINKING
ABOUT RIDING

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FOR THE PONY EXPRESS,
THERE ARE A COUPLE REASONS.

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ONE, THE PAY WAS GOOD,
ABOUT $125 A MONTH.

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BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE YOUNG
MEN, IT WAS MUCH

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MORE ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT
AND THE ADVENTURE.

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RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND PLACE
YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE.

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NOW REPEAT AFTER ME.

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I, CHARLIE MILLER, DO HEREBY
SWEAR BEFORE

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A GREAT AND LIVING GOD.

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CHARLIE:
I, CHARLIE MILLER, DO HEREBY

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SWEAR IN FRONT OF A GREAT
AND LIVING GOD.

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MAN 2: THAT I WILL,
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,

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USE PROFANE LANGUAGE.

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I WILL DRINK NO
INTOXICATING LIQUORS.

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AND I WILL NOT QUARREL WITH
ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE FIRM.

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CHARLIE:
I WILL...

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CAMERON: EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE

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HAD TO TAKE AN OATH,

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PROMISING THEY WOULDN'T SWEAR,

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THEY WOULDN'T DRINK,
AND THEY WOULDN'T

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FIGHT WITH OTHER
EMPLOYEES.

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NOW, THESE ARE YOUNG MEN,

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SO IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY
OF THEM NECESSARILY

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STUCK WITH THAT OATH.

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BUT IN ORDER TO GET HIRED,
THEY HAD TO SAY THE WORDS.

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I WILL CONDUCT MYSELF HONESTLY,

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BE FAITHFUL TO MY DUTIES,
SO HELP ME GOD.

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♪ ♪

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WELCOME TO
THE PONY EXPRESS, SON.

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THANK YOU, SIR.

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LET'S GET YOU GEARED UP
AND READY FOR THE TRIP.

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MATT: THE RIDERS WERE GIVEN

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A LIMITED AMOUNT OF GEAR.

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THEY GET ABOUT 20 POUNDS.

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THEY WERE GIVEN A RIFLE,

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A COLT NAVY REVOLVER,
A BIBLE, AND A BUGLE.

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WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT
ON FOR SIZE?

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YOU SURE YOU CAN HANDLE THAT?

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I THINK SO.

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PERHAPS WE SHOULD STICK
WITH THE COLT.

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AFTER ALL, IT WOULD BE LIGHTER
FOR THE HORSE.

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MATT: MOST RIDERS STARTED
LEAVING THEIR RIFLES BEHIND.

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THEY WERE HEAVY,
THEY WERE CUMBERSOME,

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THEY WERE DIFFICULT
TO CARRY AROUND,

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AND AGAIN, SPEED WAS

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THE NAME OF THE GAME.

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SO, WHEN THESE BOYS
WENT OUT THERE,

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ALL THEY HAD WAS
THAT COLT PISTOL.

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LISTEN TO ME, SON.

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ONCE YOU LEAVE SACRAMENTO,

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YOU RIDE FAST AND YOU RIDE HARD.

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AND YOU DON'T STOP FOR ANYONE
OR ANYTHING.

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YOU GOT THAT?

233
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I WON'T STOP UNTIL CARSON CITY.

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I PROMISE.

235
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THAT'S MY BOY.

236
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I'LL SEE YOU SOON, SON.

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♪ ♪

238
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WILLIAM: CHARLIE MILLER WAS

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THE YOUNGEST RIDER IN

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THE HISTORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS.

241
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HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE BY ARROWS,

242
00:10:32,673 --> 00:10:34,467
BUT THE BOY SURVIVED.

243
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CHARLIE WAS ONE OF
THE LUCKY ONES.

244
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OTHERS WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE.

245
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[ROCKS CLATTERING,
PAIUTES YELL]

246
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♪ ♪

247
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[PANTING]

248
00:10:45,853 --> 00:10:47,855
[GUN CLICKING]

249
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♪ ♪

250
00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:57,615
THE PONY EXPRESS WAS A GREAT
ACHIEVEMENT, TO BE SURE.

251
00:10:57,823 --> 00:11:00,076
BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET

252
00:11:00,284 --> 00:11:02,870
THE INDIANS OF THIS LAND
WHO DIDN'T LOOK

253
00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:04,497
KINDLY ON THE INCURSION.

254
00:11:04,705 --> 00:11:06,791
THIS WAS THEIR HOME,

255
00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:08,834
AND SUDDENLY IT WAS FILLED WITH

256
00:11:09,043 --> 00:11:12,713
UNINVITED GUESTS AT THEIR FRONT
DOOR, CLAMORING TO GET IN.

257
00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:16,342
FOR SOME OF THEM, THE PONY
EXPRESS WAS A THREAT.

258
00:11:16,550 --> 00:11:18,094
♪ ♪

259
00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:20,179
AND ITS EMPLOYEES?

260
00:11:20,388 --> 00:11:22,014
TARGETS.

261
00:11:22,223 --> 00:11:26,519
♪ [TENSE] ♪

262
00:11:26,727 --> 00:11:29,021
WILL: ONE OF THE RIDERS NAMED
BILLY TATE,

263
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HE CAME WEST WITH

264
00:11:30,773 --> 00:11:33,109
HIS FAMILY FROM ARKANSAS
IN A WAGON TRAIN.

265
00:11:33,317 --> 00:11:34,568
HIS FAMILY WAS KILLED IN

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THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE,

267
00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:40,032
AND IN 1860, HE WAS HIRED
TO RIDE FOR THE PONY EXPRESS.

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WILLIAM: BILLY TATE RAN

269
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AWAY AND HEADED WEST TO START
A NEW LIFE ON HIS OWN TERMS.

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BUT UNFORTUNATELY,

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VIOLENCE FOLLOWED BILLY
TO HIS VERY LAST DAY.

272
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THE PAIUTE LIVED IN NEVADA AND
UTAH FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS.

273
00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:58,134
THIS WAS TOUGH LAND, BUT THEY
WERE ABLE TO FIND A WAY

274
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OF LIVING THAT WORKED FOR THEM.

275
00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:03,264
BEGINNING IN THE 1830S, THAT'S
WHEN OVERLAND TRANSPORTATION

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REALLY BEGINS AND YOU START

277
00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:06,767
SEEING SETTLERS COME
THROUGH THERE,

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00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:09,854
GEOGRAPHERS, SURVEYORS,
PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

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00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:11,939
CAMERON: BUT IT WASN'T
UNTIL THE 1850S,

280
00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:15,735
THAT THIS SLOW TRICKLE OF
SETTLERS TURNED INTO A FLOOD.

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00:12:15,943 --> 00:12:18,988
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE, MAINLY SEEKING GOLD

282
00:12:19,196 --> 00:12:23,993
AND SILVER, STARTED TO POUR ONTO
TRADITIONAL PAIUTE LAND.

283
00:12:24,201 --> 00:12:27,746
AS ALL THESE PEOPLE MOVED ONTO
THAT LAND, THEY INCREASINGLY

284
00:12:27,955 --> 00:12:31,417
BURDENED THE RESOURCES
OF THIS FRAGILE LANDSCAPE.

285
00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:33,586
TENSIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH.

286
00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:36,630
THIS WASN'T JUST A COMPETITION
FOR SCARCE RESOURCES,

287
00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:38,591
BUT FROM THE PAIUTE PERSPECTIVE,

288
00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:40,426
THIS WAS AN INVASION
OF THEIR HOMELAND.

289
00:12:40,634 --> 00:12:42,094
JEFF: THIS WAS ABOUT

290
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A 15-YEAR PERIOD OF ANIMOSITY
THAT BUILT UP.

291
00:12:45,556 --> 00:12:48,309
SOMETIMES THERE'D BE CERTAIN
INCIDENTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

292
00:12:48,517 --> 00:12:50,519
THE PAIUTES WHO WOULD RETALIATE
AGAINST THE NEXT

293
00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:52,229
WAGON TRAIN
COMING THROUGH.

294
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:53,481
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN AND WHERE

295
00:12:53,689 --> 00:12:54,690
THE PAIUTES WERE GONNA HIT,

296
00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,150
BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HIT.

297
00:12:56,358 --> 00:12:57,193
MATT: THE EVENTS THAT LED

298
00:12:57,401 --> 00:12:59,236
TO BILLY TATE'S ADVENTURE

299
00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:01,864
REALLY BEGAN IN 1860 WITH
THE KIDNAPPING

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00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:04,241
OF TWO PAIUTE WOMEN
BY WHITE SETTLERS.

301
00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,203
THAT THEN LED TO THE WILLIAM
STATION MASSACRE,

302
00:13:07,411 --> 00:13:09,205
WHICH KILLED FIVE
WHITE SETTLERS.

303
00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:11,874
THIS WAS BASICALLY THE BACKDROP
NOW FOR-- FOR BILLY TATE.

304
00:13:12,082 --> 00:13:14,960
♪ ♪

305
00:13:15,169 --> 00:13:18,130
[GUNSHOTS]

306
00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:25,179
[PAIUTES YELL,
GUNFIRE]

307
00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:30,351
♪ ♪

308
00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:35,231
WILL: THE WAY THE STORY GOES
IS THAT BILLY TATE IS AMBUSHED

309
00:13:35,439 --> 00:13:37,358
BY PAIUTE HORSEMEN

310
00:13:37,566 --> 00:13:40,361
IN CENTRAL NEVADA,
IN THE RUBY VALLEY.

311
00:13:40,569 --> 00:13:42,655
♪ ♪

312
00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:44,823
[YELLING,
HOOFBEATS POUNDING]

313
00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:52,748
♪ ♪

314
00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:57,127
♪ ♪

315
00:13:59,088 --> 00:14:00,381
MATT: BILLY'S ON THE RUN,

316
00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:02,174
SO HE RETREATS INTO THE HILLS.

317
00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:03,884
BILLY:
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

318
00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:05,511
MATT:
HE DISMOUNTS HIS HORSE...

319
00:14:05,719 --> 00:14:07,137
GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE!

320
00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:09,014
MATT:
...AND HE TRIES TO FIND SHELTER.

321
00:14:09,223 --> 00:14:16,689
♪ [TENSE] ♪

322
00:14:16,897 --> 00:14:19,650
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THERE
WEREN'T ANY FORTS IN NORTHERN

323
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,360
NEVADA AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

324
00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:23,487
SO THERE WAS REALLY NO SAFE
HARBOR FOR HIM.

325
00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:27,408
AND HE APPARENTLY TOOK
THE WRONG ROUTE

326
00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:29,869
AND SOON FINDS HIMSELF TRAPPED.

327
00:14:30,077 --> 00:14:33,205
♪ ♪

328
00:14:33,414 --> 00:14:34,623
[PANTING]

329
00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:36,083
RYAN: BILLY TATE HAD TO

330
00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:38,085
CONTEND WITH NOT ONLY
THE ENVIRONMENT,

331
00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:40,170
BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT
THE PAIUTE

332
00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:42,548
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEIR WAY
AROUND THIS AREA.

333
00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:45,634
SO, INSTEAD OF ESCAPING,
BILLY'S TRAPPED.

334
00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:47,219
HE KNOWS IT,

335
00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:49,263
SO HE DECIDES
TO MAKE A LAST STAND.

336
00:14:49,471 --> 00:14:52,474
♪ ♪

337
00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:57,771
[PAIUTES WHOOPING]

338
00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,275
[GUN CLICKING]

339
00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:02,610
[PANTING]

340
00:15:02,818 --> 00:15:04,236
MATT: UNFORTUNATELY FOR BILLY,

341
00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:06,238
HE LEFT HIS RIFLE BEHIND,
SO HE ONLY HAD HIS COLT,

342
00:15:06,447 --> 00:15:08,407
WHICH WOULDN'T DO HIM ANY FAVORS

343
00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:10,200
IN A FIREFIGHT FOR HIS LIFE.

344
00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:12,328
[PANTING NERVOUSLY]

345
00:15:12,536 --> 00:15:18,709
[ARROWS WHOOSH BY]

346
00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:24,256
[PANTS NERVOUSLY]

347
00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:28,886
[GUNSHOTS]

348
00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:32,306
YOUNG BILLY'S MAIL
DID ARRIVE AT THE NEXT STATION

349
00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:35,184
A FEW DAYS LATER,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,

350
00:15:35,392 --> 00:15:37,436
BILLY WAS NOT THERE
TO ACCOMPANY IT.

351
00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,565
♪ ♪

352
00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,026
AH, I DON'T LIKE
THE LOOK OF THIS.

353
00:15:45,402 --> 00:15:46,779
KEEP YOUR GUARD UP.

354
00:15:46,987 --> 00:15:48,906
COULD BE A TRAP.

355
00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,368
[HORSE APPROACHING]

356
00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:54,620
MATT: PONIES ARE VERY
INTELLIGENT ANIMALS.

357
00:15:54,828 --> 00:15:57,039
IN BILLY'S CASE, HIS PONY
ACTUALLY MADE IT ALL

358
00:15:57,247 --> 00:15:58,332
THE WAY TO THE STATION,

359
00:15:58,540 --> 00:16:00,292
CAUSE THAT'S WHERE HIS FOOD WAS.

360
00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:02,503
WHOA.

361
00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:05,965
[HORSE PANTS]

362
00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:09,635
♪ ♪

363
00:16:09,843 --> 00:16:11,303
IT'S TATE'S PONY.

364
00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,472
SO, WHERE'S TATE?

365
00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:16,934
I GUESS WE BETTER GO FIND OUT.

366
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,853
WILLIAM: ALL THEY COULD DO

367
00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:22,106
WAS BACKTRACK AND LOOK FOR BILLY

368
00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:24,191
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE TRAIL.

369
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,985
♪ ♪

370
00:16:27,194 --> 00:16:28,904
HOW LONG WE GONNA LOOK?

371
00:16:29,113 --> 00:16:31,115
AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

372
00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:33,659
[CROWS SQUAWK]

373
00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:35,536
YOU SEE SOMETHING?

374
00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:37,746
I THINK I FOUND HIM.

375
00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:51,593
♪ ♪

376
00:16:53,887 --> 00:16:55,389
[FLIES BUZZING]

377
00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:57,683
MAN:
HE KILLED THEM ALL.

378
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,519
NOT QUITE.

379
00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:02,396
SOME GOT AWAY.

380
00:17:02,604 --> 00:17:04,398
WOUNDED THOUGH.

381
00:17:07,234 --> 00:17:09,570
[FLIES BUZZING]

382
00:17:09,778 --> 00:17:17,286
♪ ♪

383
00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:21,457
REST IN PEACE, BILLY.

384
00:17:23,041 --> 00:17:25,544
MATT: WHEN THE STATION MASTER
COMES ACROSS BILLY'S BODY,

385
00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:27,254
HE FINDS IT RIDDLED WITH ARROWS.

386
00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:29,214
BUT HE ALSO FINDS HIS REVOLVER
CHAMBER EMPTY

387
00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:31,258
AND SEVERAL DEAD
PAIUTES NEARBY.

388
00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:33,010
HE MADE EVERY BULLET COUNT.

389
00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,137
HE KILLED SEVERAL,
WOUNDED THE REST,

390
00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:38,474
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
HE TOO WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

391
00:17:40,350 --> 00:17:41,477
WILLIAM: YOUNG BILLY WAS BURIED

392
00:17:41,685 --> 00:17:43,645
IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE SOMEWHERE

393
00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:45,147
IN THE RUBY VALLEY.

394
00:17:45,355 --> 00:17:47,608
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE FOR SURE.

395
00:17:47,816 --> 00:17:50,652
BUT I'LL TELL YOU
SOMETHING SPECIAL.

396
00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:53,572
BILLY TATE WAS NOT SCALPED
BY THE PAIUTES THAT DAY,

397
00:17:53,781 --> 00:17:56,742
EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS
THEIR PRACTICE.

398
00:17:56,950 --> 00:18:00,829
NO, SEE, THE BOY FOUGHT
BRAVELY AND THIS WAS

399
00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:03,916
THEIR WAY OF PAYING HIM RESPECT.

400
00:18:04,124 --> 00:18:05,751
BUT...

401
00:18:05,959 --> 00:18:09,671
NOT EVERYONE WAS SHOWN
THAT SAME RESPECT.

402
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,760
[FLAMES CRACKLING]
♪ ♪

403
00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,348
RIDING FOR THE PONY EXPRESS
WAS DANGEROUS WORK

404
00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:24,478
BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THE MOST
DANGEROUS JOB FELL

405
00:18:24,686 --> 00:18:28,774
TO THE STATION MASTERS, WHO WERE
SITTING DUCKS IN THEIR OUTPOST.

406
00:18:28,982 --> 00:18:32,736
AT LEAST THE RIDERS COULD RUN
FOR THEIR LIVES WHEN THREATENED.

407
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,905
BUT THE STATION MASTERS,
ON THE OTHER HAND,

408
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,615
THEY HAD TO WAIT

409
00:18:36,824 --> 00:18:38,951
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

410
00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:42,830
♪ ♪

411
00:18:43,038 --> 00:18:44,456
[CLOCK TICKS]

412
00:18:44,665 --> 00:18:46,166
[FLIES BUZZ]

413
00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:50,003
♪ ♪

414
00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:52,756
[SKILLET SIZZLES]

415
00:18:54,424 --> 00:18:56,677
CAMERON: PONY EXPRESS STATIONS
WERE LITERALLY

416
00:18:56,885 --> 00:18:58,554
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

417
00:18:58,762 --> 00:19:00,722
THERE WERE NO CITIES, NO TOWNS.

418
00:19:00,931 --> 00:19:03,517
NEAREST HELP COULD BE MILES
AND MILES AWAY.

419
00:19:03,725 --> 00:19:05,644
THAT WAS THEIR ENTIRE POINT,
TO BE AN

420
00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:09,815
OASIS IN THE LANDSCAPE
FOR THESE RIDERS TO COME INTO.

421
00:19:10,023 --> 00:19:12,526
BUT THESE WERE NOT LUXURY
APARTMENTS.

422
00:19:12,734 --> 00:19:16,071
THESE WERE EFFECTIVELY
A SHACK AND A STABLE.

423
00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,657
SO, THE STATION MASTERS
WHO LIVED THERE WERE LIVING

424
00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:21,618
IN EXTREME ISOLATION.

425
00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:26,665
YOU WANT SOME EGGS?

426
00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:28,667
YEAH, THAT'D BE FINE.

427
00:19:28,876 --> 00:19:30,586
MAKE SOME FOR DAN'S, TOO.

428
00:19:30,794 --> 00:19:32,588
HE'S LATE, ISN'T HE?

429
00:19:32,796 --> 00:19:34,756
HE SHOULD BE HERE.

430
00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:36,842
♪ ♪

431
00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:38,176
[METAL CLANKS]

432
00:19:38,385 --> 00:19:40,554
LET ME GO CHECK.

433
00:19:43,223 --> 00:19:45,434
CAMERON: THERE ARE THREE THINGS
THAT MADE THESE STATIONS

434
00:19:45,642 --> 00:19:47,227
A TARGET FOR ATTACK.

435
00:19:47,436 --> 00:19:49,771
FIRST, THEY HAD FOOD AND WATER.

436
00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:51,773
SECOND, THEY HAD HORSES.

437
00:19:51,982 --> 00:19:53,859
AND THIRD, THEY WERE STATIONARY.

438
00:19:54,067 --> 00:19:55,777
THEY WEREN'T GOING
ANYWHERE, SO YOU KNEW

439
00:19:55,986 --> 00:19:57,404
EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE.

440
00:19:57,613 --> 00:19:59,781
[HORSES NEIGH]

441
00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:02,034
♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

442
00:20:02,242 --> 00:20:03,535
OH NO.

443
00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:05,495
WE GOT TROUBLE!

444
00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:14,755
♪ [TENSE] ♪

445
00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:17,633
WILL: 1860

446
00:20:17,841 --> 00:20:19,551
WAS A TOUGH TIME TO BE ON

447
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,346
THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE PONY EXPRESS TRAIL.

448
00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:24,765
IT WAS A HOT BED OF VIOLENCE,
ESSENTIALLY.

449
00:20:24,973 --> 00:20:26,934
TAKE YOUR RIFFLE!

450
00:20:27,142 --> 00:20:29,436
OH, THIS IS NOT-- NO, NO,
THIS ISN'T HAPPENING.

451
00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:31,230
♪ ♪

452
00:20:31,438 --> 00:20:33,398
[HORSES NEIGH]

453
00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:37,319
♪ ♪

454
00:20:37,527 --> 00:20:38,654
THIS ISNT--

455
00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:39,780
STATION MASTER 3:
HEY!

456
00:20:39,988 --> 00:20:41,907
KEEP YOUR COOL, OKAY?

457
00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:44,242
[BOTH PANTING]

458
00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:49,081
♪ ♪

459
00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:52,918
[NERVOUS PANTING]

460
00:20:54,169 --> 00:20:58,423
♪ ♪

461
00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:00,592
[YELLING IN PAIUTE]

462
00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:03,178
[PAIUTES YELL OUTSIDE]

463
00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:05,889
STATION MASTER 2:
THE CHIEF IS ANGRY.

464
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,808
HIS PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.

465
00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:10,435
AND THEY'RE HERE TO TAKE
OUR LIVES.

466
00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:13,480
UNLESS...

467
00:21:13,689 --> 00:21:15,273
UNLESS WHAT?

468
00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:17,651
THEY WANT OUR GUNPOWDER.

469
00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:20,862
TELL THEM NO.

470
00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:23,865
- THEY'RE GONNA KILL US!
- I SAID NO!

471
00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:29,496
[PAIUTES YELLING]

472
00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:32,624
♪ ♪

473
00:21:34,167 --> 00:21:36,753
MATT: NOW, WHY
WOULD HE REFUSE THAT?

474
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:39,214
HE DOESN'T WANT THAT GUNPOWDER
TO BE USED AGAINST MIGRANTS,

475
00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:42,384
AGAINST RIDERS, AGAINST OTHER
STATION MASTERS DOWN THE LINE.

476
00:21:42,592 --> 00:21:49,474
♪ ♪

477
00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:53,770
PAIUTE CHIEF:
[SPEAKS PAIUTE LANGUAGE]

478
00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,147
WELL, WHAT ARE
THEY SAYING NOW?

479
00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:56,648
HOLD ON.

480
00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:58,859
NO. COME ON, WHAT ARE THEY
SAYING?

481
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:01,194
PAIUTE CHIEF:
[SPEAKS PAIUTE LANGUAGE]

482
00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:04,781
THEY WANT FOOD!

483
00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,366
IN THAT MOMENT,

484
00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:09,161
THERE WAS A GLIMMER OF HOPE
FOR THESE MEN.

485
00:22:09,369 --> 00:22:10,996
IF THEY SHARED THEIR FOOD,

486
00:22:11,204 --> 00:22:14,791
THEN MAYBE THERE WAS A CHANCE
FOR THEM AFTER ALL.

487
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,585
TO BE CLEAR, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT

488
00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:18,837
WE DON'T VILIFY THE
PAIUTE.

489
00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:22,716
NOT ONLY HAVE THEY HAD THIS
GENERATION'S WORTH

490
00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:25,761
OF BAD EXPERIENCES, AND BAD
ENCOUNTERS,

491
00:22:25,969 --> 00:22:28,180
AND MASSACRES WITH WHITE
SETTLERS, BUT

492
00:22:28,388 --> 00:22:31,683
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAD A VERY
BAD HARVEST THE PREVIOUS WINTER.

493
00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:34,936
THEY WERE STARVING, THEY WERE IN
VERY BAD CONDITION,

494
00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:39,691
AND THIS WAS A VERY VULNERABLE
TIME FOR THEIR PEOPLE.

495
00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:49,701
♪ ♪

496
00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:54,331
THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.

497
00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:57,125
IT'S FOR YOU.

498
00:22:57,334 --> 00:23:00,420
IT'S FOR ALL OF YOU.

499
00:23:00,629 --> 00:23:10,430
♪ ♪

500
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:20,440
♪ ♪

501
00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:29,449
♪ ♪

502
00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:31,743
♪ ♪

503
00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,913
PAIUTE CHIEF:
[SPEAKS PAIUTE LANGUAGE]

504
00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,081
STATION MASTER 3:
WHAT'S HE SAYING?

505
00:23:36,289 --> 00:23:37,749
THIS IS NO GOOD.

506
00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,167
THEY NEED BREAD.

507
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:40,544
THEY WANT US TO MAKE BREAD.

508
00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:42,421
- WELL, MAKE THEM BREAD.
- CAN'T.

509
00:23:42,629 --> 00:23:44,172
THAT WAS ALL THE FLOUR.

510
00:23:44,381 --> 00:23:47,509
[PAIUTE WHOOPING]

511
00:23:47,717 --> 00:23:50,804
WE GOTTA GO! NOW! NOW!

512
00:23:51,012 --> 00:23:54,474
PAIUTE CHIEF:
[SPEAKS PAIUTE LANGUAGE]

513
00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:58,436
[PAIUTE WHOOPING]

514
00:23:58,645 --> 00:24:00,772
WILLIAM: ANY HOPE FOR THEM
SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE,

515
00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:03,942
BUT WILLIAM DENNIS WAS WATCHING
FROM A NEARBY RIDGE.

516
00:24:04,151 --> 00:24:05,861
THE PONY EXPRESS RIDER,

517
00:24:06,069 --> 00:24:08,905
THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE
THERE THAT VERY MORNING,

518
00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:11,783
KNEW HE HAD TO GET
HELP.

519
00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:14,619
HE GOES DOWN TO THE
NEAREST ARMY DETACHMENT

520
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:17,247
AND ALERTS THEM TO
THE FACT THAT THERE'S POSSIBLE

521
00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:18,832
TROUBLE AT EGAN STATION.

522
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:28,884
♪ ♪

523
00:24:29,092 --> 00:24:30,385
[GUNSHOT]

524
00:24:30,594 --> 00:24:33,305
♪ ♪

525
00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:35,473
STATION MASTER 2:
PLEASE NO! PLEASE!

526
00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:37,934
SOMEBODY SAVE US!

527
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,478
LIEUTENANT STEPHEN WEED

528
00:24:39,686 --> 00:24:42,480
LAUNCHES A CHARGE ON
EGAN CANYON STATION.

529
00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:45,317
THEY CHASE OFF THE PAIUTES
AFTER A FIREFIGHT.

530
00:24:45,525 --> 00:24:47,110
THREE OF THEIR MEN
ARE WOUNDED.

531
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,488
THEY KILL SEVERAL PAIUTES AND
INJURE SEVERAL MORE.

532
00:24:49,696 --> 00:24:52,616
THE CAVALRY LITERALLY RODE TO
THE RESCUE!

533
00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:56,369
MANY STATION EMPLOYEES LOST
THEIR LIVES THAT YEAR,

534
00:24:56,578 --> 00:25:00,582
BUT THE PAIUTES WEREN'T
THE ONLY ONES KNOWN TO ATTACK.

535
00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:04,377
JAMES:
WHOA THERE, FRIEND!

536
00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:05,962
[GUNSHOT]

537
00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:11,718
THE PONY EXPRESS FACED
MANY THREATS FROM INDIANS,

538
00:25:11,927 --> 00:25:14,596
BUT IT ALSO FACED THREATS
FROM THIEVES,

539
00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:17,516
BANDITS, AND MURDERERS ALIKE.

540
00:25:17,724 --> 00:25:19,351
IN THESE VIOLENT DAYS,

541
00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:22,604
A BRAVE
FEW ROSE TO PROTECT THE WEAK,

542
00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:24,773
AND THE GREATEST AMONGST THEM

543
00:25:24,981 --> 00:25:26,608
WAS MY DEAR FRIEND,

544
00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:29,402
JAMES BUTLER HICKOK.

545
00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:32,405
HE WASN'T KNOWN AS "WILD BILL"
IN THOSE DAYS.

546
00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:36,409
NO, AT THE AGE OF 24, HE WAS
JUST A YOUNG HERO IN THE MAKING.

547
00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:42,374
♪ ♪

548
00:25:42,582 --> 00:25:45,752
WILL: SO, WILD BILL HICKOK'S
INVOLVEMENT IN THE PONY EXPRESS

549
00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:47,504
HAS TAKEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT

550
00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:51,508
FORMS OVER THE YEARS THROUGH
HISTORICAL CHANNELS.

551
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:53,635
SOME SAY HE WAS A STOCK TENDER,

552
00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,971
SOME SAY HE WAS SORT OF AN
AUXILIARY MEMBER

553
00:25:56,179 --> 00:25:57,556
OF THE MAIL SERVICE.

554
00:25:57,764 --> 00:25:59,933
BUFFALO BILL,
WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY,

555
00:26:00,141 --> 00:26:02,435
SAYS THAT HE WAS A RIDER,
A COURIER.

556
00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:05,605
WILD BILL'S FAME DID NOT COME
UNTIL 1867.

557
00:26:05,814 --> 00:26:07,566
I THINK THAT THE
ROCK CREEK EPISODE

558
00:26:07,774 --> 00:26:11,444
IN HICKOK'S CAREER HELPS TO
ESTABLISH HIS FAME.

559
00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:14,739
HIS REPUTATION WAS UNKNOWN AT
THAT TIME.

560
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:17,576
♪ [BUGLE] ♪

561
00:26:17,784 --> 00:26:20,620
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
WILD BILL BLEW HIS BUGLE,

562
00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:22,497
DIDN'T HEAR
ANYTHING IN RETURN,

563
00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:24,082
AND THIS ALERTED HIM
TO THE FACT

564
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,667
THAT SOMETHING WAS UP.

565
00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:30,797
♪ ♪

566
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:32,299
YOU'RE OKAY.

567
00:26:32,507 --> 00:26:37,721
♪ ♪

568
00:26:37,929 --> 00:26:39,806
I DON'T LIKE THIS EITHER.

569
00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:49,816
♪ ♪

570
00:26:50,025 --> 00:26:59,826
♪ ♪

571
00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:09,836
♪ ♪

572
00:27:10,045 --> 00:27:19,846
♪ ♪

573
00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:28,813
♪ ♪

574
00:27:29,022 --> 00:27:31,900
[DOOR OPENS]

575
00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:33,735
WHOA THERE, FRIEND!

576
00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:35,570
[GUNSHOT]

577
00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:39,532
[SCREAMING]

578
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:40,950
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,

579
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:42,619
WILD BILL COMES INTO
THE STATION,

580
00:27:42,827 --> 00:27:43,703
FINDS THE DEAD
STOCK TENDER,

581
00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:44,871
AND THEN HEARS SCREAMING

582
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,498
IN AN
ADJACENT CABIN.

583
00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:48,166
THE STOCK TENDER HAD JUST
GOTTEN MARRIED,

584
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:49,667
AND THAT WAS HIS
YOUNG BRIDE.

585
00:27:49,876 --> 00:27:52,504
- SIT DOWN!
- NO, NO! NO!

586
00:27:52,712 --> 00:27:56,341
[SCREAMING]

587
00:27:56,549 --> 00:27:57,550
WHO ARE YOU?

588
00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,302
SHOOT HIM!
[GUNSHOT]

589
00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,221
JAMES: STEP AWAY FROM HER!

590
00:28:01,429 --> 00:28:04,891
♪ ♪

591
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,185
[GUNSHOT]

592
00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:11,356
SECOND ONLY TO WILD BILL'S
REPUTATION AS A MARKSMAN

593
00:28:11,564 --> 00:28:14,901
IS HIS REPUTATION WITH
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.

594
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,320
♪ ♪

595
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:18,947
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

596
00:28:19,155 --> 00:28:21,408
IT'S BEST IF YOU LEAVE.

597
00:28:21,616 --> 00:28:23,743
WE'RE LONG PAST THAT, FRIEND.

598
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:26,996
[FIGHTING]

599
00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:30,834
[YELLING]

600
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:34,337
[FIGHTING]

601
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,964
[GLASS SHATTERS]

602
00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,883
THE INCIDENT AT ROCK CREEK
STATION SOLIDIFIED

603
00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:41,511
HICKOK'S REPUTATION AS A
FIGHTER,

604
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,555
WHETHER BY REVOLVER, KNIFE

605
00:28:43,763 --> 00:28:46,558
OR HIS BARE HANDS,
THE MAN WAS FEROCIOUS!

606
00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:48,393
HE NEVER BACKED DOWN
FROM A FIGHT.

607
00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,520
NOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT A FIGHT
WITH ONE GUY,

608
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,148
TWO GUYS, THREE GUYS,
IT DIDN'T MATTER.

609
00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:54,399
HE DIDN'T START A FIGHT,

610
00:28:54,607 --> 00:28:56,317
BUT HE FINISHED THE FIGHT.

611
00:28:56,526 --> 00:29:03,324
[FOOTSTEPS]

612
00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:12,750
♪ ♪

613
00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:14,210
YOU ALL RIGHT, MA'AM?

614
00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:16,629
I THINK SO.

615
00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:18,131
ARE YOU GOING AFTER HIM?

616
00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:20,300
NO, I RECKON I'LL STAY
HERE WITH YOU.

617
00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:24,179
HE AIN'T COMING BACK.

618
00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:27,640
THE MAN WHO ESCAPED WAS THE SOLE
SURVIVOR OF THE McCANLES GANG.

619
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:30,935
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THEY WERE
SIX OF THE MEANEST,

620
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:34,689
WICKEDEST GUNSLINGERS WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI.

621
00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:36,441
THANK YOU, STRANGER.

622
00:29:36,649 --> 00:29:38,276
THE NAME'S HICKOK.

623
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:39,736
THANK YOU, MR. HICKOK.

624
00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:40,653
YOU SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?

625
00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:41,779
YEAH.

626
00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:42,614
LET'S GET YOU OUT OF HERE.

627
00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:43,490
COME.

628
00:29:43,698 --> 00:29:44,782
COME NOW.

629
00:29:44,991 --> 00:29:46,493
♪ ♪

630
00:29:46,701 --> 00:29:49,996
WILL: THIS IS WILD BILL'S
FIRST GUNFIGHT.

631
00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:52,665
FROM THERE, THE LEGEND GREW.

632
00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:56,878
HE BECOMES A STORIED GUNSLINGER
IN THE AMERICAN WEST.

633
00:29:57,086 --> 00:29:59,339
HE WAS NOT A TYPICAL GUNFIGHTER.

634
00:29:59,547 --> 00:30:02,634
HICKOK DRESSED EXCEEDINGLY WELL.

635
00:30:02,842 --> 00:30:04,177
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN.

636
00:30:04,385 --> 00:30:05,887
HE COULD GET ALONG WITH
EVERYBODY,

637
00:30:06,095 --> 00:30:07,847
A CLASSIC AMERICAN CITIZEN.

638
00:30:08,056 --> 00:30:12,560
♪ ♪

639
00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:16,439
THIS WAGON WILL TAKE YOU AND
YOUR HUSBAND TO NEBRASKA CITY.

640
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,566
WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

641
00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:20,360
DUTY CALLS, MA'AM.

642
00:30:20,568 --> 00:30:22,153
I HAVE TO COMPLETE MY RIDE.

643
00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:23,863
PLEASE, WON'T YOU COME?

644
00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:26,241
MY CONDOLENCES.

645
00:30:26,449 --> 00:30:28,493
I MUST BE GOING.

646
00:30:28,701 --> 00:30:29,702
MA'AM.

647
00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:33,832
♪ ♪

648
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,292
WILLIAM: AFTER THE INCIDENT
AT ROCK CREEK,

649
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:39,254
FOLKS TOOK TO CALLING HIM
WILD BILL,

650
00:30:39,462 --> 00:30:42,382
AND HE GLADLY ACCEPTED
THE NEW MONIKER.

651
00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:44,259
♪ ♪

652
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:46,177
WILLIAM: THE PONY EXPRESS
FACED

653
00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:48,263
A HEAP OF
TROUBLE IN ITS TIME,

654
00:30:48,471 --> 00:30:50,515
BUT IT WAS
WORTH ALL OF IT,

655
00:30:50,723 --> 00:30:53,560
JUST TO DELIVER
ONE LETTER.

656
00:30:53,768 --> 00:31:02,026
♪ ♪

657
00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:03,570
[HORSE WHINNIES]

658
00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:07,949
NEW YORK HAS GIVEN LINCOLN
RAPH C]

659
00:31:08,157 --> 00:31:10,535
A MAJORITY OF 50,000,

660
00:31:10,743 --> 00:31:13,788
AND WITH THAT,
HIS ELECTION IS CONCEDED.

661
00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:15,582
WITH THE TRIUMPH OF THE
REPUBLICANS

662
00:31:15,790 --> 00:31:18,209
IN EACH OF THE FREE
STATES.

663
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,420
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS THE
NEW PRESIDENT

664
00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:22,922
OF THESE UNITED
STATES.

665
00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,302
MATT: IN MARCH 1861,

666
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,137
A VERY IMPORTANT
MESSAGE FROM WASHINGTON

667
00:31:29,345 --> 00:31:30,471
NEEDED TO MAKE ITS WAY
TO CALIFORNIA

668
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,473
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

669
00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:34,767
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH
LINE WAS BEING BUILT,

670
00:31:34,976 --> 00:31:36,811
BUT IT
WASN'T QUITE YET COMPLETE.

671
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:38,771
THE WEST COAST HAD TELEGRAPH
LINES,

672
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:41,065
THE EAST COAST AND THE
MIDWEST HAD TELEGRAPH LINES,

673
00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:43,109
BUT YOU HAD THAT GAP RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE.

674
00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:46,446
SO, A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE THAT WAS
SENT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

675
00:31:46,654 --> 00:31:49,866
COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO
FORT KEARNEY, NEBRASKA.

676
00:31:50,074 --> 00:31:55,163
BUT THEN THERE WAS A 1,300-MILE
GAP BETWEEN THERE AND NEVADA.

677
00:31:55,371 --> 00:31:57,290
THAT 1,300-MILE GAP

678
00:31:57,498 --> 00:31:59,959
WAS FILLED
BY THE PONY EXPRESS.

679
00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:05,965
♪ ♪

680
00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:08,968
WILL: THEY HAD FRESH HORSES
STAGED ALONG THE WAY,

681
00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:12,096
SO THEY COULD GET
ON THAT NEXT HORSE AND GO,

682
00:32:12,305 --> 00:32:14,932
COVER THAT GROUND
AS FAST AS THEY COULD.

683
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:19,938
♪ ♪

684
00:32:20,146 --> 00:32:25,026
THEY HAD TO HAVE THEIR
BEST RIDERS, FASTEST HORSES.

685
00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:26,611
FOR THE PONY EXPRESS,

686
00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:28,655
THIS HAD TO BE THEIR
FINEST HOUR.

687
00:32:28,863 --> 00:32:30,323
BYE, BOB.

688
00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:33,159
♪ ♪

689
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,662
MIGHTY TIGHT TURNOVER TODAY.

690
00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:37,205
IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

691
00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:38,748
WHAT'S IN IT?

692
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,541
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT.

693
00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:42,669
♪ ♪

694
00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:44,712
HOPE HE MAKES IT.

695
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,298
HE WILL.

696
00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:48,633
WILL: ONE OF THOSE RIDERS

697
00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:51,177
WAS A MAN NAMED
PONY BOB HASLAM.

698
00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,680
HE HAD BEEN WITH THE COMPANY
SINCE THE BEGINNING.

699
00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:56,849
HE HAD BEEN HIRED TO HELP BUILD
THE STATIONS

700
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:59,811
AND THE TRAIL IN
THE EARLY DAYS.

701
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:02,355
MATT: PONY BOB IS WELL-KNOWN
AND ASSOCIATED WITH

702
00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:04,315
THE PONY EXPRESS
FOR TWO MAIN REASONS.

703
00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:06,192
THE FIRST REASON WAS HE

704
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:10,029
DID THE LONGEST RIDE, 380 MILES,
DURING THE PAIUTE WAR.

705
00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:12,740
THIS IS THE LONGEST RIDE
IN PONY EXPRESS HISTORY.

706
00:33:12,949 --> 00:33:15,034
THE SECOND REASON IS BECAUSE
HE TRANSPORTED

707
00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:17,286
LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS FROM

708
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,789
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI,
ALL THE WAY TO SACRAMENTO.

709
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:23,376
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF MAIL
THAT THE PONY EXPRESS CARRIED

710
00:33:23,584 --> 00:33:25,920
IN ITS SHORT EXISTENCE WAS

711
00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:28,131
LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

712
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,675
IN THE FALL OF 1860, THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE

713
00:33:30,883 --> 00:33:32,593
ELECTED ABRAHAM LINCOLN

714
00:33:32,802 --> 00:33:34,512
TO BE THEIR NEXT PRESIDENT.

715
00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:36,389
BY THE TIME OF HIS INAUGURATION,

716
00:33:36,597 --> 00:33:40,018
SEVEN STATES HAD SECEDED FROM
THE UNITED STATES

717
00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:42,270
TO FORM THE CONFEDERACY.

718
00:33:42,478 --> 00:33:44,522
HIS INAUGURATION WAS A PLEA

719
00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:47,316
TO HOLD THE UNION TOGETHER.

720
00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:49,610
SO, AMERICA WAS IN THE
THROES OF CIVIL WAR.

721
00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:52,196
IT WAS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO
KEEP CALIFORNIA

722
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:53,614
AND THE REST OF
THE WEST COAST

723
00:33:53,823 --> 00:33:55,199
IN THE UNION AS WELL.

724
00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:57,201
CALIFORNIA WAS SO IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE

725
00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:58,786
THIS WAS THE NEW
FRONTIER.

726
00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:00,621
THIS WAS THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

727
00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:03,958
GOLD, SILVER, PEOPLE, TRADE,

728
00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,461
THE WORLD BEYOND THE PACIFIC.

729
00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:08,713
CALIFORNIA WAS A PORTAL
TO ALL OF THAT.

730
00:34:08,921 --> 00:34:11,299
BOTH THE CONFEDERACY
AND THE UNITED STATES

731
00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:13,050
HAD THEIR EYES ON
CALIFORNIA

732
00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:15,636
TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE THIS
COMING WAR.

733
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:18,306
AND IT WASN'T A FOREGONE
CONCLUSION THAT

734
00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:21,100
CALIFORNIA WAS GONNA GO TOWARDS
THE UNITED STATES.

735
00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:24,771
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIZING POPULATION.

736
00:34:24,979 --> 00:34:27,190
MATT: SO, LINCOLN WAS TRYING TO
DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE

737
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:29,317
TO KEEP
CALIFORNIA IN THE UNION.

738
00:34:29,525 --> 00:34:31,486
PART OF THAT WAS SENDING THE
INAUGURAL ADDRESS

739
00:34:31,694 --> 00:34:33,571
AND REASSURING CALIFORNIANS THAT

740
00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:35,281
THEY WERE PART OF THE NATION.

741
00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:44,916
♪ ♪

742
00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:47,168
WILL: FOR PONY BOB TO COVER
THIS COUNTRY

743
00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:50,129
AT SPEED MEANT THAT HE
WAS CERTAINLY

744
00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:52,924
THROWING HIMSELF IN HARM'S WAY.

745
00:34:53,132 --> 00:34:54,801
MATT: PONY BOB'S ROUTE WAS
DANGEROUS.

746
00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:57,011
HE WAS GOING RIGHT THROUGH
PAIUTE TERRITORY.

747
00:34:57,220 --> 00:34:58,679
AND EVEN THOUGH THE WAR HAD
RECENTLY ENDED,

748
00:34:58,888 --> 00:35:00,473
THERE WAS STILL
THE POSSIBILITY THAT

749
00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:03,142
A WAR BAND MIGHT COME OUT OF
NOWHERE AND ATTACK.

750
00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:13,152
♪ ♪

751
00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:23,162
♪ ♪

752
00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,373
♪ ♪

753
00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:27,959
[ARROW STRIKES]
[PONY BOB GRUNTS]

754
00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:29,502
PONY BOB IS ON THE RUN.

755
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,212
A PAIUTE WAR PARTY
IS CHASING HIM.

756
00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:34,006
AN ARROW HITS HIS ARM
AND THIS FORCES HIS HAND.

757
00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:38,302
♪ ♪

758
00:35:38,511 --> 00:35:41,931
[HORSE BLUSTERS]

759
00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:44,684
[BREAKS ARROW SHAFT]
[PONY BOB GRUNTS]

760
00:35:44,892 --> 00:35:54,694
♪ ♪

761
00:35:54,902 --> 00:35:56,153
♪ ♪

762
00:35:56,362 --> 00:35:57,530
[GUNSHOT]

763
00:35:58,197 --> 00:35:59,323
[GUNSHOT]

764
00:35:59,782 --> 00:36:00,491
[GUNSHOT]

765
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,368
[HORSE WHINNIES]

766
00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:05,079
♪ ♪

767
00:36:05,288 --> 00:36:07,290
HANDGUNS ARE NOT ACCURATE

768
00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:08,958
IN ANY KIND OF RANGE.

769
00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:10,960
SHOOTING THE HORSES WAS

770
00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:13,087
A MUCH MORE LOGICAL STEP

771
00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:17,008
THAN TRYING TO
SHOOT THE RIDERS.

772
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:19,302
WILLIAM: HE COULD HAVE STAYED TO
FINISH THE FIGHT,

773
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:23,222
BUT PONY BOB
UNDERSTOOD HIS DUTY CLEARLY.

774
00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:25,558
MATT: THIS LETTER REALLY PROVED
TO CALIFORNIANS

775
00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:27,727
THAT THEY WERE
PART OF THE NATION.

776
00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:30,521
BEING ONE WEEK REMOVED FROM THE
EAST COAST

777
00:36:30,730 --> 00:36:33,190
WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER THAN BEING ONE MONTH,

778
00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:35,026
BEING SIX MONTHS, BEING A YEAR,

779
00:36:35,234 --> 00:36:37,236
WHICH IS WHAT THE
EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN FORMERLY.

780
00:36:37,445 --> 00:36:39,947
CALIFORNIA NOW FELT LIKE A MORE
CLOSELY-KNIT

781
00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:43,242
PART OF THE UNION,
LIKE A MORE INTEGRATED PART.

782
00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:46,120
AND IN A NATION THAT'S DIVIDING,

783
00:36:46,329 --> 00:36:48,206
LITERALLY FRAYING AT THE SEAMS,

784
00:36:48,414 --> 00:36:49,540
CLEAVING APART,

785
00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,375
CALIFORNIA, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

786
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:52,835
BECAUSE OF THIS LETTER,

787
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:54,879
BECAME A
LITTLE CLOSER TO IT.

788
00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:58,799
PONY BOB'S RIDE HELPED TO SAVE
THE UNION THAT DAY!

789
00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:01,636
OF THIS, I AM CERTAIN.

790
00:37:01,844 --> 00:37:05,222
♪ ♪

791
00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:09,727
WHEN THE END CAME FOR THE
PONY EXPRESS,

792
00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:11,187
IT WAS SUDDEN!

793
00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:12,772
IT WAS SWIFT!

794
00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:14,148
BUT I GUARANTEE YOU,

795
00:37:14,357 --> 00:37:15,900
NO ONE WAS SURPRISED.

796
00:37:16,108 --> 00:37:17,610
THE TELEGRAPH WAS
THE DEATH BLOW

797
00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,070
TO THE PONY EXPRESS.

798
00:37:19,278 --> 00:37:21,072
AFTER THE TRANSCONTINENTAL

799
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,907
TELEGRAPH LINE OPENED,

800
00:37:23,115 --> 00:37:25,284
THE PONY EXPRESS CLOSED.

801
00:37:25,451 --> 00:37:27,912
AND YET, THE PONY EXPRESS IS

802
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,747
BOTH THE BEGINNING AND AN END.

803
00:37:29,956 --> 00:37:33,125
IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE OLD
WEST,

804
00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:35,836
THE OPEN RANGE CATTLE
RANCHES,

805
00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:39,257
THE MASS MOVEMENT OF
AMERICANS IN A SYSTEMATIC,

806
00:37:39,465 --> 00:37:40,883
RAPID FASHION,

807
00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,511
WAGON TRAINS
GOING INTO THE UNKNOWN.

808
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,639
LONG AFTER THE PONY EXPRESS WAS
DELIVERING MAIL,

809
00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:48,808
IT WAS DELIVERING MYTHOLOGY.

810
00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:51,769
WILL: IT EXISTED ONLY AS A
LETTER SERVICE.

811
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:54,438
AND YET, A MORE GLAMOROUS
CONTRIBUTION

812
00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,983
TO OUR WESTERN HERITAGE
WOULD BE HARD TO FIND.

813
00:37:57,149 --> 00:38:00,528
WE CAN PUT ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF
ROMANCE ON IT WE WANT.

814
00:38:00,736 --> 00:38:03,280
AND THIS IS REALLY THE VALUE, AS
WE LOOK AT THIS

815
00:38:03,489 --> 00:38:05,116
FROM A HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE.

816
00:38:05,324 --> 00:38:07,201
THAT'S WHAT THE
PONY EXPRESS DID.

817
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:10,079
IT GAVE US A MEANS FOR
UNDERSTANDING

818
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,497
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE WEST.

819
00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,833
I CANNOT NAME A SINGLE RIDER

820
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,043
THAT WAS HIRED THE FIRST DAY

821
00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:17,753
AND WAS THERE AT THE LAST DAY.

822
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,380
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ONE,

823
00:38:19,588 --> 00:38:21,215
BECAUSE THE RIDERS CAME AND
WENT.

824
00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,134
BUT THE STORIES THAT THEY SHARED

825
00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:25,177
AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT BACK TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES,

826
00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:27,138
THIS GOT OUT
INTO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

827
00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:28,806
AND IT'S A STORY OF HEROES.

828
00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:30,641
AND IT ENDURES TO THIS DAY.

829
00:38:30,850 --> 00:38:32,727
CAMERON: THE PONY EXPRESS
EMBODIES, I THINK,

830
00:38:32,935 --> 00:38:36,647
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF WESTERN AMERICA

831
00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:38,065
AND ITS HISTORY.

832
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:39,734
AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ASPECTS

833
00:38:39,942 --> 00:38:41,861
THAT WE WANT TO REMEMBER.

834
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:45,823
THE ROMANCE, THE ADVENTURE, THE
ENVIRONMENT, THE DANGER,

835
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:49,493
THAT IT BECOMES SO CENTRAL TO
HOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

836
00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:50,995
THINK ABOUT AND REMEMBER,

837
00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:52,997
AND SOMETIMES MISREMEMBER,

838
00:38:53,205 --> 00:38:54,957
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

839
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:58,210
SO, WHETHER OR NOT ALL OF THESE
THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPENED,

840
00:38:58,377 --> 00:39:00,087
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE
ACCURATE,

841
00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:02,798
I THINK EVEN JUST LOOKING AT
THE PONY EXPRESS,

842
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:04,550
IT OFTENTIMES REFLECTS

843
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:06,594
SOME OF THE VALUES
AND THE STORIES

844
00:39:06,802 --> 00:39:10,473
THAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE ABOUT
OUR OWN PAST.

845
00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:11,932
WILLIAM: JUST TWO DAYS

846
00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:14,852
AFTER THE TELEGRAPH LINE
WAS FINISHED,

847
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:18,939
THE PONY EXPRESS
CEASED TO EXIST.

848
00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:20,566
BUT IN OUR SHORT TIME,

849
00:39:20,733 --> 00:39:24,278
WE DELIVERED 35,000 LETTERS

850
00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:28,449
AND ONLY LOST THE ONE MOCHILA.

851
00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:31,577
BUT THE BEST THING THAT WE EVER
DID

852
00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:34,538
WAS TO GIVE THIS YOUNG
COUNTRY

853
00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:37,208
SOME HEROES OF ITS OWN!

854
00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:38,417
♪ ♪

855
00:39:38,626 --> 00:39:44,298
[SLOW APPLAUSE]

856
00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:46,842
WELL PERFORMED, MR. CODY.

857
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,220
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AUDIENCE,
MR. EDISON.

858
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:52,723
BUFFALO BILL
AND THOMAS EDISON DID MEET

859
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,225
ON AT LEAST TWO
OCCASIONS.

860
00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:57,645
ONE TIME AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION
IN 1889

861
00:39:57,853 --> 00:40:01,440
AND ANOTHER TIME IN THE
CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN 1893.

862
00:40:01,607 --> 00:40:04,402
THESE TWO MEN, THOMAS EDISON
AND BUFFALO BILL,

863
00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:06,904
REALLY REPRESENT
THE TRANSITION FROM

864
00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:10,199
THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE 20TH
CENTURY.

865
00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:11,659
CAMERON: AND IN A LOT OF WAYS,

866
00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:13,536
THIS WAS A PASSING OF THE BATON

867
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,163
FROM ONE STORYTELLER
TO THE NEXT.

868
00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:17,832
THOMAS EDISON: BRONCO CHARLIE,

869
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,792
WILD BILL,

870
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,377
PONY BOB,

871
00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:23,921
THESE ARE ALL VERY COLORFUL
CHARACTERS

872
00:40:24,130 --> 00:40:26,048
WITH INCREDIBLE TALES.

873
00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,925
BUT I MUST ASK,

874
00:40:28,134 --> 00:40:29,885
HOW MUCH OF THIS
IS TRUE?

875
00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:31,679
WELL, MR. EDISON,

876
00:40:31,887 --> 00:40:34,098
YOU CAN APPRECIATE IN THIS
WORLD THERE ARE TRUTHS,

877
00:40:34,306 --> 00:40:35,516
THERE ARE HALF TRUTHS,

878
00:40:35,724 --> 00:40:36,809
AND THERE ARE LEGENDS.

879
00:40:37,017 --> 00:40:38,436
I'M A BUSY MAN.

880
00:40:38,644 --> 00:40:40,104
I ONLY HAVE TIME FOR THE
LEGENDS.

881
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,148
[LAUGHTER]

882
00:40:42,356 --> 00:40:45,693
RYAN: BUFFALO BILL IS PROBABLY
THE BEST STORYTELLER

883
00:40:45,901 --> 00:40:48,612
FOR THE AMERICAN WEST THAT'S
EVER EXISTED.

884
00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:51,657
AND WHAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN,
WHAT HE ACTUALLY DID,

885
00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:53,617
THERE'S DEBATES ABOUT THAT.

886
00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:56,120
BUT WHAT HE DID MANAGE
TO DO IS KEEP

887
00:40:56,328 --> 00:40:59,999
A VERSION OF THE AMERICAN
WEST ALIVE TO THE PRESENT DAY.

888
00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:02,877
MATT: BUFFALO BILL INTRODUCED
EASTERNERS

889
00:41:03,085 --> 00:41:04,795
AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD TO THE WEST

890
00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:07,381
IN A BRAND NEW WAY.

891
00:41:07,590 --> 00:41:10,050
THE WILD WEST SHOW BRINGS
TOGETHER

892
00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:13,304
INDIGENOUS WARRIORS,
GUNFIGHTERS,

893
00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:16,390
ANNIE OAKLEY,
PONY EXPRESS RIDERS,

894
00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:19,226
ALL THESE OLD LEGENDS
OF THE WEST.

895
00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:22,813
AND IT IS REALLY THE BEGINNING
OF THE CINEMATIC WESTERN.

896
00:41:23,606 --> 00:41:24,899
[LAUGHTER]

897
00:41:25,107 --> 00:41:26,233
WELL, I LIKE IT.

898
00:41:26,442 --> 00:41:27,568
MR. CODY,

899
00:41:27,776 --> 00:41:28,652
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MAKE

900
00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:30,613
A MOTION PICTURE WITH ME?

901
00:41:30,821 --> 00:41:31,822
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?

902
00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:33,199
I WAS THINKING,

903
00:41:33,407 --> 00:41:35,743
WHY DON'T WE MAKE

904
00:41:35,951 --> 00:41:37,244
A WESTERN?

905
00:41:37,453 --> 00:41:40,581
♪ ♪

906
00:41:40,789 --> 00:41:42,666
PUT HER THERE, PARTNER.

907
00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:49,173
♪ [PIANO MUSIC] ♪

908
00:41:49,381 --> 00:41:50,925
MATT: TO A LARGE DEGREE,
BUFFALO BILL

909
00:41:51,133 --> 00:41:53,844
WAS PASSING ON THE TORCH TO
THOMAS EDISON.

910
00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:57,097
HERE YOU HAVE THIS ROADSHOW
MASTER

911
00:41:57,306 --> 00:42:00,309
AND THOMAS EDISON, WHOSE
INVENTIONS WILL LEAD TO WAYS

912
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,728
THAT WE CONSUME INFORMATION AND
STORIES

913
00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:04,772
TODAY ABOUT THE AMERICAN
WEST.

914
00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:07,191
RYAN: FILM AND CINEMA CEMENT

915
00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:09,151
THE STATUS OF THE PONY EXPRESS

916
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,029
IN SO MANY AMERICANS'
IMAGINATIONS.

917
00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:13,989
PUTTING IT ON THE BIG SCREEN

918
00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:16,700
AND MAKING ALL THESE MYTHS, AND
LEGENDS,

919
00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:20,746
AND STORIES A PART OF
AMERICAN CULTURE.

920
00:42:20,913 --> 00:42:22,456
JEFF: WE LOVE ENTERTAINMENT

921
00:42:22,665 --> 00:42:25,292
AND HOLLYWOOD WAS A BIG PART OF

922
00:42:25,501 --> 00:42:27,211
EXCITING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

923
00:42:27,419 --> 00:42:29,380
TO THE AMERICAN WEST.

924
00:42:29,588 --> 00:42:33,467
THESE MOVIES REALLY INSPIRED
OUR IMAGINATION

925
00:42:33,676 --> 00:42:36,428
AND THE PONY EXPRESS
WAS A BIG PART OF THAT.

926
00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:38,222
I'LL BE SEEING YOU.

927
00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:40,599
CAMERON: THAT WAS WHERE THE
WESTERN BEGAN.

928
00:42:40,766 --> 00:42:43,894
THE BEGINNING OF ALL WESTERN
FILMS THAT WE SEE TODAY.

929
00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:45,396
RUN, TRIGGER, RUN!

930
00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:48,482
CAMERON: ROMANTICIZED FOR SURE.

931
00:42:48,691 --> 00:42:51,151
BUT BOY, PEOPLE REALLY LATCHED
ON TO IT.

932
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:52,987
I'VE SAVED THE MOCHILA!

933
00:42:53,195 --> 00:42:55,114
CAMERON: THE LAST RIDE OF THE
PONY EXPRESS.

934
00:42:55,322 --> 00:42:58,033
♪ ♪