The Young Riders (1989)

Genre

Westerns on television

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 68 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This show follows a group of young Pony Express riders living at a station in Nebraska before the Civil War. It blends their daily adventures and friendships with the early lives of famous historical figures from the Old West.

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What happens

The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders (some of whom are young versions of legendary figures in Old West history) based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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