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3 business partners came up with an idea for a faster mail service:

William H. Russell

William B. Waddell

Alexander Majors

These three men financially backed their idea and started a horseback mail service from Missouri -> California

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american girl doll on horses

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Each rider rode about 100-75 miles

change horses every 10-15.

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https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Pony-Express/274241

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In a span of 18 months when the pony express was running,

they made 308 runs over 616,000 and delivered 34753 with only one lost group of letters.

It was fasts but expensive.

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Make brochures about the pony express then put them inside of a mail bag

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early 1860s

Communicate Missouri and California

Fastest way to send mail

Only lasted a year and a half

Symbol of westward expansion

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1840s:

Gold was found in California then in Colorado and Nevada

The civil war had also begun

People in the east needed to communicate with the west

You can take a ship from New York through the isthmus of panama (a narrow strip of land) -> ship to San Francisco=1 month long

Send a wagon straight across the country=very dangerous for driver and took way longer

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https://www.historynet.com/pony-express/

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communications were prominent because of the civil war

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https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?resultListType=RELATED_DOCUMENT&searchType=ts&userGroupName=nysl_me_scarsms&inPS=true&contentSegment=&prodId=MSIC&docId=GALE%7CENWHSB463573874&it=r

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William B. Waddell

Businessman

One of the founders, owners, and operators of the pony express

Born October 17, 1807 in faultier county, Virginia

Died April 1, 1872(aged 64) in Lexington, Missouri

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Very dangerous job contains deserts, thieves and blizzards.

They had a lot of death threats

The only source of light was the moon or lightning

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“phlegmatic, stoical, inclined to sulk if displeased, a cautious penny-pincher, and unable to reach a decision without ponderous deliberation." Is what people William B. Waddell

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https://postalmuseum.si.edu/research/articles-from-enroute/the-story-of-the-pony-express.html#:~:text=Despite%20the%20braggadocio%2C%20these%20young,moon%20or%20flashes%20of%20lightning.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Waddell_(businessman)#External_links

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Three men started the pony express

Mid 1800 because of the lack of speedy mail and other sources of communication.