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Historically Speaking Episode 45
About this film
Tom Carpenter hosts Jim Davidson in a program regarding the purported horse race from Galveston, Texas, to Rutland, Vermont, in the fall of 1886. Frank Hopkins claims to have won this race but there was absolutely not one piece of evidence that the race ever happened. But the hoax didn't stop there. Frank claimed to have been hired by Buffalo Bill for his wild west show which also seems to be totally untrue. (See News From Nickwackett, Vol. 10 No.1 p. 3 for a brief summary of this hoax.)
Directors & creators
Rutland Historical Society
Subjects
Rutland Historical Society; Historically Speaking; Horse Race to Rutland; Rutland, Vermont
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