The Calico Dog

Name: The Calico Dog
Genre: Western
Released: 1957-11-29
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Warren Frost, Robert Benevides, Steve Conte

Episode aired Nov 29, 1957
TV-PGTV-PG
26min

S6.E7

Brothers John and Dave Chapman share a faithful dog Colonel but when Dave leave Calico to work in Bismarck, their pet decides to travel between the towns. Soon he's used to transport mail in... Read allBrothers John and Dave Chapman share a faithful dog Colonel but when Dave leave Calico to work in Bismarck, their pet decides to travel between the towns. Soon he's used to transport mail increasing the jealousy of Dave's girl Nancy.Brothers John and Dave Chapman share a faithful dog Colonel but when Dave leave Calico to work in Bismarck, their pet decides to travel between the towns. Soon he's used to transport mail increasing the jealousy of Dave's girl Nancy.

8.6/10

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Genre
- Western
Certificate
- TV-PG
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Trivia
In the 1880s, Jim Stacy was a postmaster in Calico, California, and his brother Alwin ran the general store at Bismarck mines, about a mile and a half away. Jim wanted to contact Alwin, so he sent his dog, Dorsey, with a message. The "Dog Delivery System" caught on with the miners, and one of the brothers devised a mail pouch for Dorsey, who continued to deliver mail between the two towns from 1883 to 1886. Dorsey was not renamed after the Postmaster General of the United States, because no one named "Dorsey" has held that office. In 1972, Kenny Roger's recorded the song "Dorsey, the Mail carrying Dog."