Towards the end of the show one of the outlaws grabs a keg of "gold" railroad spikes and rides off with it. Based on the price of gold in that time period, the keg would weigh approximately 500 lbs. Yet he grabs it with one arm. Then when he gets shot and drops the keg, it bounces several times instead of shattering.
Although Dartmouth College was founded in 1769 (one of nine colonial universities), it did not receive academic prominence and national prestige until the 1890s. In the 1870s, it was still a small, poorly funded state institution.
The Quaker character makes many grammar errors by saying "thee" when he should say "thou."