Panel 1: “Billy Cody’s broken leg knit rapidly. As he regained his strength, he almost forgot his recent mishap and began to thirst for new adventures. The job of Pony Express rider appealed to him as offering possibilities of action.”
Panel 2: “Billy south his old employers, Russell, Majors and Waddell, who had established the “Pony Express,” and, though he was only fifteen, he was accepted as a messenger.”
Panel 3: “The record time made by the famous Pony Express was in carrying Pres. Lincoln’s first inaugural address westward in 1861. A copy of this address was carried by riders from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California in 7 days-17 hours. The first trip of the Pony Express between St. Joe and Sacramento had been made in ten days, but little by little the time required for the long dash was cut down.”
Panel 4: “Riders and station keepers took their lives in their hands. Often a messenger galloped up to a station and found it had been raided by Indians, and the keeper slain. In such cases the rider had to keep on to the next station for a fresh horse. Tomorrow – Dangers of the trail.”
MS 006 William F. Cody
