Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my… - Buffalo Bill
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my…
- Buffalo Bill
I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed. - Buffalo Bill
I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider. - Buffalo Bill
Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed. - Buffalo Bill
Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But … - Buffalo Bill
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But …
As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way. - Buffalo Bill
As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be. - Buffalo Bill
Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.
I could never resist the call of the trail. - Buffalo Bill
I could never resist the call of the trail.
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government. - Buffalo Bill
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
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