For the "Goofs: Anachronisms" section:
Story occurs 16 years before McKinley assumed office and 20 years before his assassination.
I've seen the movie who knows how many times, but it never occurred to me. I was doing some research on the subject of US politics in the early 20th century recently, so it was fresh to mind when I randomly Netflixed Unforgiven this morning.
Yeah, *beep* Try watching the movie first.
shareAn embarrassing mistake to be sure, but it happens OP. Many people don't even know that we had a President Garfield. He was in office less than a year and is mostly remembered for his assassination and the ineptitude of his doctors, who killed him before the bullet could. In fact, some experts have said that he probably would have recovered on his own had his doctors left him alone.
sharewow. that sounds painful.
"Hipness is not a state of mind, it's a fact of life!" - Cannonball Adderley
The president they're discussing is James Garfield. Just before he beats up English Bob, Little Bill says "Have you been talking about the Queen again? On Independence Day?" So the beating, and presumably the conversation with the cowboys on the train, takes place on July 4th, 1881. Garfield was shot by a menally ill office seeker Charles Guiteau on July 2nd, 1881, although he would linger on for two more months before he finally died.
Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything.