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1842: Kit Carson guides Fremont to South
Pass 1860-1862: Pony Express Riders carry mail from St. Joseph to San Francisco 1872: The Scouts of the Prairie -- earliest "wild west show" starring Buffalo Bill as Buffalo Bill opens in Chicago 1877: Earliest use of "cow-boy" to describe a western ranch hand 1877: Beadle's publishes first of Wheeler's "Deadwood Dick" dime novels |
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ILLUSTRATED MAP OF PONY EXPRESS ROUTE |