“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”
— Abraham Lincoln
The Pony Express and Abraham Lincoln: How the 1860 Election Results Raced Across America on Horseback
When Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860, California had one small problem: the news couldn’t get there by telegraph alone. Enter the Pony Express, a network of determined riders, exhausted horses, and a delivery schedule that made absolutely no allowances for geography, weather, or common sense.
Abraham Lincoln: The Man Who Never Met His Intellectual Equal
Abraham Lincoln had less than a year of school yet carried the confidence of a man who had never met his intellectual equal. Here’s why.
Pedestrianism: How a Lost Presidential Election Bet Created One of America’s First Sports Celebrities
A lost bet on the 1860 presidential election sent Edward Payson Weston walking from Boston to Washington—and unexpectedly made him famous. His peculiar journey helped launch a career in pedestrianism, the once-massive spectator sport in which thousands paid to watch professional walkers circle tracks for days.
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