Isaiah Dorman gained notoriety for being the only black man killed at the Little Bighorn, where he served Custer as an i…
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Death-Defying Riders of the Pony Express Sifting through the myths to uncover the gritty truths about Pony Express riders.
When America’s first Pony Express rider set off on April 3, 1860, from St. Joseph, Missouri, launching a coast-to-coast …
The Jackass Mail
In 1849 it took 166 days to travel coast to coast. By the 1860’s you could do it in 60 days. A decade later a train cou…