Show I 1 vlrna on the of may 1859 denver turned out to welcome the arst through k conch or of what was destined to grow into the overland mall au an enterprise which for sheer american pluck and daring must be forever linked with the fame of the pony express rod shirts drifted to the outskirts of tho the hamlet and dotted the hills hillis around aromnd hard faced bartenders made ready for the hottest night that ever tore the camp loose the artillery rt illery of holster bolster and saddle boot was un limbered for an ecstatic fusillade there was lively petting betting in lust dust and nuggets that the first through stage had been gathered in by indians with takers as eager to stake their faith that the scalps of driver and guard would come through intact at length it a swirl of dust showed far down the trail it grow grew into a yellow cloud that crept toward the eaker eager hamlet then six mules stretched out on the gallop emerged from this curtain and behind them was the lumbering swaying stage come safely through on time and denver was in ID touch with the world where men wore white shirts and lived in real houses the cheers that roared a welcome to this heroic enterprise were echoed in I 1 every western town which hoped and longed for a link of its own with the biome be P 6 country way back east out lug Magazine 1 |