In the brief history of the Pony Express, only once did the mail not go through. After completing eight weekly trips from both Sacramento and Saint ...
More than 1,800 miles in 10 days! From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California the Pony Express could deliver a letter faster than ever ...
The relay system allowed mail to criss-cross the frontier in record time. The company's personal best came in March 1861, when riders carried the ...
How did it work? The Pony Express used a planned out route with a number of stations along the way. Riders would carry the mail from station to station, ...
Pony Express debuts. On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, and ...
Pony Express, system of U.S. mail delivery by continuous horse-and-rider relays between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, and from ...
There are plenty of myths surrounding the historic mail delivery service, and much of what we're taught about the Pony Express in school isn't quite right. Here are ...
What made the Pony Express work were the stations that dotted the route to switch out horses and riders. Each rider went for an average of 50 ...
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From Missouri to California the Pony Express riders could deliver a letter faster ...