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===Robert Haslam===
[[File:Haslam.gif|thumb|upright|Robert "Pony Bob" Haslam in later years]]
[[Robert Haslam (Pony Bob)|"Pony Bob" Haslam]] was among the most brave, resourceful, and best-known riders of the Pony Express. He was born in January 1840 in London, United Kingdom, and came to the United States as a teenager. Haslam was hired by Bolivar Roberts, helped build the stations, and was given the mail run from Friday's Station at Lake Tahoe to Buckland's Station near Fort Churchill, {{convert|75|mi}} to the east.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

His greatest ride, {{convert|120|mi}} in 8 hours and 20 minutes while wounded, was an important contribution to the fastest trip ever made by the Pony Express. The mail carried Lincoln's inaugural address. Indian problems in 1860 led to Haslam's record-breaking ride. He had received the eastbound mail (probably the May 10 mail from San Francisco) at Friday's Station. When he reached Buckland's Station, his relief rider was so badly frightened over the Indian threat that he refused to take the mail. Haslam agreed to take the mail all the way to Smith's Creek for a total distance of {{convert|190|mi}} without a rest. After a rest of 9 hours, he retraced his route with the westbound mail, where at Cold Springs, he found that Indians had raided the place, killing the station keeper and running off all of the stock. On the ride, he was shot through the jaw with an Indian arrow, losing three teeth.<ref>
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|title=Wyoming Tales and Trails
|url=http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/OregonTrail4.html
|access-date=December 10, 2012
}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=April 2022}}
Finally, he reached Buckland's Station, making the {{convert|380|mi|adj=on}} round trip the longest on record.{{sfnp|Settle|Settle|1972|p=162}}

Pony Bob continued to work as a rider for Wells Fargo and Company after the Civil War, scouted for the U.S. Army well into his 50s, and later accompanied his good friend "Buffalo Bill" Cody on a diplomatic mission to negotiate the surrender of Chief [[Sitting Bull]] in December 1890. He drifted in and out of public mention, but died in Chicago during the winter of 1912 (age 72) in deep poverty after suffering a stroke. Buffalo Bill paid for his friend's headstone at [[Mount Greenwood]] Cemetery (111 Street and Sacramento) on Chicago's far south side.{{sfnp|Corbett|2003|pp=198–199}}