1:36:02
If this place ain't getting so pure
and noble, it ain't fit to live in.
1:36:06
I'm sure not going to Texas now.
1:36:08
Imagine me leading
the Pure Prairie League.
1:36:10
You're one of the leading
lights in it.
1:36:13
First thing, they will start
a chamber of commerce.
1:36:16
- It's not possible.
- What?
1:36:17
Look. Colonel Dodge.
1:36:22
- Hello, colonel.
- Hi, colonel.
1:36:24
- Hi, colonel.
- Hiya, boys.
1:36:26
By golly, it's good to see you alive.
1:36:28
- It's good to be alive.
- Come on up.
1:36:33
- Wade, son, it's good to see you.
- Hi.
1:36:35
- Hi, Tex.
- Hi, colonel.
1:36:37
- How are you?
- Couldn't complain, colonel.
1:36:40
Sit down over there.
1:36:41
Wade, I came from Virginia City,
Nevada, to see you.
1:36:44
- Yes?
- I'm building a rail from San Francisco.
1:36:47
Richest square mile on earth.
1:36:49
Gold, silver, copper,
a solid mountain of the stuff.
1:36:52
But it's a bad town, a wild, murderous
town. Worse than Dodge City...
1:36:56
...before you cleaned it up.
That's saying a good deal.
1:36:59
- I want you to come.
- I knowed our luck changed.
1:37:02
We got 4000 people out there.
1:37:04
Decent families living in terror.
1:37:07
- Think of them 4000 poor people.
- Yeah. There might be more.
1:37:11
We need you, son.
The city is teeming with corruption.
1:37:14
What law we've tried has failed
because the men didn't have courage.
1:37:18
You can get plenty of men
for that job, colonel.
1:37:21
I'm getting married next week.
1:37:24
Oh, you can get married any time.
1:37:26
We'll even go on your honeymoon
to Virginia City.
1:37:29
- Oh, thanks.
- Getting married has ruined a lot of men.
1:37:34
Doesn't it mean anything to know that
there's terror and death you can stop?
1:37:39
Yes, it does, but the decision
isn't as simple as that.
1:37:42
If I were free, it might be different,
but I'll have a wife.
1:37:46
Abbie doesn't wanna go pioneering.
1:37:48
We're planning on coming back here
from New York and settling down.
1:37:51
There's a wagon train leaving here
the middle of next week for Nevada.
1:37:58
A great trip, wouldn't it?