 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1891 - 702 strani
...of march to the Sacramento boat. Personally he will make short work and probably be back to-night; but by proxy he will put the west behind his heels like a very Puck, and be in at New York again in twelve days. At two o'clock the letters he had to carry numbered fifty-two ; probably his... | |
 | Robert Glass Cleland - 1922 - 544 strani
...up his line of march to the Sacramento boat. Personally, he will make short work of the undertaking, and probably be back in a day; but by proxy he will...landed in New York in nine days after quitting San Francisco." The Pony Express riders were picked with the greatest care and represented the hardiest... | |
 | 1918 - 396 strani
...Hayes Collection, So. Cal. Local Hist., V, 396, 403. 21. Hayes Collection, San Diego Local, II, 5O, 61. Alta Telegraph Company's office — the pioneer pony...landed in New York in nine days after quitting San Francisco."21 The figures in this typical western venture were picked with great care and represented... | |
 | 1918 - 292 strani
...Hayes Collection, So. Cal. Local Hist., V, 396, 403. 21. Hayes Collection, San Diego Local, II, 60, 61. Alta Telegraph Company's office — the pioneer pony...landed in New York in nine days after quitting San Francisco."23 The figures in this typical western venture were picked with great care and represented... | |
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Overland Pony Express". The broad saddle, wooden stirrups, immense flappers to guard the rider's feet, and the girth that knows no buckle, were of the sort customary in California for swift horsemen who appreciate mud. At a quarter to 4 he took up his... 