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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]
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 Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, was 1,840 miles long. Upon arrival in Sacramento, the U.S. mail was placed on a steamer and continued down the Sacramento River to San Francisco for a total of 1,966 miles. The Pony Express was a short-lived enterprise, remaining in operation for only 18 months.
The Pony Express national President Pam Dixon-Simmons galloped into Old Sacramento and came to a hard stop as the final rider to complete the relay of the 10-day long journey from St. Joseph ...
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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
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.
Indeed, coach Carl Easterling’s Pony Express “lived up to some of the pre-season reports,” as Mason wrote after that first game, what with at least 30 points in every quarter and eight ...