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As the Pony Express mail service existed only briefly in 1860 and 1861, few examples of Pony Express mail survive. Contributing to the scarcity of Pony Express mail is that the cost to send a 1 ⁄ 2-ounce (14 g) letter was $5.00 [37] at the beginning (equivalent to $170 in 2023 [38], or 2 1 ⁄ 2 days of semi-skilled labor). [17]
US 36 crossing the Missouri River on the Pony Express Bridge in St. Joseph. I-229 parallels the river. Colorado US 34 in Deer Ridge Junction US 34 in Estes Park US 287 in Westminster I-25 / I-270 / US 87 on the Sherrelwood–Twin Lakes–Welby line. I-270/US 36 travels concurrently to Denver. I-76 in Welby US 6 / US 85 in Commerce City
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Short title: POEX Map; Date and time of digitizing: 06:18, 19 August 2016: File change date and time: 06:18, 19 August 2016: Software used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 (Macintosh)
The Pony Express route for mail delivery by animals was demarcated into five divisions from west-to-east in the Sacramento Valley, the Sierra Nevada, the Great Basin, the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Plains:
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Despite only running for less than two years, [1] the Pony Express became steeped in western history and tales from the American frontier. [2] Journeys by horse were made carrying postal mail between Sacramento and St Joseph, close to Kansas City , with numerous stops between.
Pony Express stations were generally easy targets for raids, often in remote locations with ample supplies and few residents. Due to lost personnel, stations, and horses the Pony Express was forced to suspend operations between Carson Valley and Salt Lake City through the end of June. The C.O.C. & P.P. Express Co. rebuilt the destroyed stations ...