Pony Express Days

In the years before the Civil War, young Bill Cody wants to be a Pony Express rider. His daddy was killed in an Indian attack. He's considered too heavy to be a rider but he takes a job at a station. Southern agitators are trying to rile up sympathizers in California and recruiting Indians to stop the Pony Express. With the results of Lincoln's election, the mail must get through. With the completion of the transcontinental telegraph, the Pony Express becomes obsolete. Cody goes on a buffalo hunt with his station manager Nevada Jim who gives him the nickname, "Buffalo Bill Cody". Make America Pony Again. That's the feeling of this 20 min short. It's the heroic Pony Express going against southern traitors and barbaric Indians. It has the feel of a tall tale and that's somehow fitting for Buffalo Bill. It's a sales job for the unwashed masses yearning for the good ole days.