An easy-to-read adventure story based upon the legendary rides of Bill Cody journeys along his dangerous trail, where wolves, terrible storms, and an outlaw named Terrible Tod threaten to keep the mail from getting through on time.
William Frederick Cody was born on February 26, 1846. He joined the Pony Express in 1860. He was one of the riders who raced between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, where a steamship carried the mail on to San Fransisco.
Many stories about Bill Cody and Pony Express have become legends. It is difficult to separate truth from fiction since Bill himself loved to tell a tall tale. The incidents with robbers, the Sioux, and the Paiute Indians, however, really happened. Bill respected the Indian tribes, and he knew a lot about them because his father had traded with them.
The completion of the telegraph lines across the United States ended the Pony Express after only eighteen months. Bill and the other riders received medals for their part in carrying the mail.
Later Bill worked for the company that built the transcontinental railroad. He risked his life many times to supply buffalo meat to the workers. That is why he was called "Buffalo Bill". Buffalo Bill died in 1917. A statue of him riding a pony stands near the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody Wyoming.