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Westward expansion

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSQnNBCmQVY&list=PLQ4w6VkMFzQp6OXY6svIeTsFFQ7vfYVC7&index=1

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Peabody's Improbable History: The Pony Express

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they only traveled from Missouri to California because then the horse would travel to far

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they delivered the last piece of mail on november 1861

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though it was popular it only opened for 1 year it opened on April 3rd 1860 and closed on October 24th 1861 that's a very short business.

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this is the pony express logo

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the riders of the pony express made $100 each month that may sound like little today but that was a lot of money back then, but it was at a cost. The riders had to travel in rain, thunder, sand storms, and a lot of other deadly situations that could cost their life, but surprisingly only one member out of the 400 hundred horses and 180 riders only one never returned, went missing, or died.

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https://youtu.be/dBzm6e5oLAw

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https://youtu.be/lWrkOWwgXyM

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Heritage Studies 1 Segment - The Pony Express

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one pony express rider didn't just ride for nine days In total they had stations after two days the rider come's up on a station to give their mail to a fully energized rider the rider then takes that day off and then continues their journey the next day the pony express had a total of 184 stations to support the riders the stations also had horse fields for the tired horses to rest the also had food and resting places for the riders that came the long way.

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the station had 185 stations to drop off the mail and take a break from being on the horse for a long time.

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the riders ate half sod , half stew , And Bread , and for the drink they had sour milk with a pinch of soda.

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the reason why they had to stop the business is because of financial issues.

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Buffalo Bill's name was actually William Frederick Cody. Cody's name never actually shows up in any of pony express

official History recrds

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to ride the horse you needed to be between 100 and 125 ponds or else it would be t much weight for the hose and because the horse also had to carry the mail and it had the saddle on him/her so it would be even more weght. And you also needed to be 14 through 20 years old or more.

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did you know that each rider had to do a 380 mile run sometimes to just deliver on envilope of mail.

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the teligraph line was located in salt lake city

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important?
YES!
It was important because it was like Twitter or Facebook ( and TikTok!!!!!!) it was the communication of that day and time

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one pony express rider got killed and they found arrows all over him he probably ran into a tribe of indians.