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The
Iron Man
of the
Pony Express
. In
1860
, he made a
round trip
between
Virginia City
and
Smith's Creek
.
Indians
had scared off the
horses
at the
relay
station
, so Bob had to ride most of the way to
Buckland's station
on one horse, while trying to stay ahead of pursuing
Paiute Indians
. Haslam got a
fresh
horse and a
$50
bonus
when he agreed to keep riding from Buckland's station because the
relief rider
was afraid to ride with all the
hostile
Indians around. He arrived on time at
Smith's Creek
, then galloped back to
Buckland's station
, where he was offered
$100
to complete the
trip
. He rode back to
Virginia City
on the same
horse
that he rode in on two days earlier. Bob made the 400-mile round trip on less than
12 hours
of
sleep
.
The next year, Pony Bob set a
speed record
while carrying
Abraham Lincoln
's
inaugural address
partway to
California
. He took two
arrow
wounds as he galloped at almost 15 mph along "
Ambush Trail
". When the news arrived in
San Francisco
, it had traveled almost
2,000 miles
in
seven
days and
17
hours.
Research from
GURPS Old West
by Ann Dupuis, Liz Tornabene, Lynda Manning-Schwartz, and Rob Smith, published by Steve Jackson Games, 1991, p. 52.
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