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It was described as a book containing some of the only real documentation from surviving Pony Express riders, but a few chapters were lost during printing, and it's now considered a collectible.
And apparently that is some of the only like real documentation we have from some of the real riders that she eventually published in something called The Pony Express Rides On!
— Episode: Selects: How the Pony Express Worked
Episode: Selects: How the Pony Express Worked
It was described as a book containing some of the only real documentation from surviving Pony Express riders, but a few chapters were lost during printing, and it's now considered a collectible.
And apparently that is some of the only like real documentation we have from some of the real riders that she eventually published in something called The Pony Express Rides On!
Which apparently you can still buy if you have a lot of money. Yeah. It's like a collectible, I'm sure.
Episode: Selects: How the Pony Express Worked
It was discussed that Mabel Loving, an amateur poet, had collected some of the only genuine accounts of Pony Express riders, which were later published in a book called 'The Pony Express Rides On!'.
And it finally took a woman named, a poet, apparently not a very good one, named Mabel Loving, who said, why don't, you know, why doesn't someone actually write letters and get in touch with some of these people and get the true dirt? And she did that.
And apparently that is some of the only like real documentation we have from some of the real riders that she eventually published in something called 'The Pony Express Rides On!' Exclamation point.
Which apparently you can still buy if you have a lot of money. Yeah. It's like a collectible, I'm sure.