The Pony Express
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7th Grade
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Caitlin Irwin
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The Pony Express
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The Pony Express
In 1860, two businessmen were looking for horse riders who were daring and brave. The two men were starting a mail delivery business, called the Pony Express.
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Relay System
The Pony Express was a horse-and-rider relay system. The Pony Express started in St. Joseph, Missouri, and went all the way to Sacramento, California. Mail could also be brought from the East to St. Joseph and then be taken to the West.
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The Pony Express promised to deliver the mail in only ten days.
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Fast horses
Here’s how the Pony Express worked. Relay stations were set up on the route about every fifteen miles. Each station kept fast horses. Riders got a fresh horse at each station and rode on as fast as they could.
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The Riders
Most Pony Express riders were teenage boys. The youngest was eleven years old.
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The Pony Express becomes obsolete
The Pony Express lasted only a year and a half. A new kind of communication called the telegraph replaced it.
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The Telegraph
The telegraph could send and receive messages using wires and signals.
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