I'm not sure if James Butler Hickok was the hero of dime novels at this point. but
in this story he is and college kid Fisher Stevens has read them and has arranged to meet his hero.
Stevens uncle is a manager for Russel,Majors&Waddell the out fit that has the mail contract and created the Pony Express, With what we would call insider trading the uncle wants to change the route the riders use and have them go therough some sacred Sioux burial ground. TThat it would start a war he doesn't care about because he's doing some land speculation over where the Transcontinental Railroad would be built.
Stevens is the tenderest of tenderfeet and the riders especially Josh Brolin make fun of him. But in the end he shows he has the right stuff and the last scene with Stevens and Brolin is a weeper.
One of the best episodes of the series.
Stevens uncle is a manager for Russel,Majors&Waddell the out fit that has the mail contract and created the Pony Express, With what we would call insider trading the uncle wants to change the route the riders use and have them go therough some sacred Sioux burial ground. TThat it would start a war he doesn't care about because he's doing some land speculation over where the Transcontinental Railroad would be built.
Stevens is the tenderest of tenderfeet and the riders especially Josh Brolin make fun of him. But in the end he shows he has the right stuff and the last scene with Stevens and Brolin is a weeper.
One of the best episodes of the series.