https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe en-us 2017-01-25 18:17:15 UTC 2017-01-25 19:05:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149419428 The California Gold Rush caused thousands of people to moved west.]]> 2017-01-25 18:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149419428 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149420396 By 1860, 380,000 people lived in California.]]> 2017-01-25 18:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149420396 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149421639 It was not easy to cross the Rocky Mountains to get to the West Coast.]]> 2017-01-25 18:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149421639 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149422584 The trip from Missouri to California was 2,000 miles.]]> 2017-01-25 18:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149422584 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149422912 It took a wagon train 3 months to travel that far. Mail delivered by stagecoach took a very long time to arrive.]]> 2017-01-25 18:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149422912 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149423167  People wanted faster mail service. ]]> 2017-01-25 18:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149423167 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149423642 The Pony Express created a route from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.]]> 2017-01-25 18:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149423642 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149424534 The building housed the western endpoint of the Pony Express and California's first two telegraph companies. Mail going on to San Fransisco was taken by ferry boat.]]> 2017-01-25 18:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149424534 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149424779 This old post began as a trading post and toll bridge built by Louis Guinard in 1859. It also served as an overnight stage stop, Pony Express mail stop and telegraph office.]]> 2017-01-25 18:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149424779 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149426014
George Chorpenning established his second mail station at this site in 1858, which was later used by the Pony Express and the Overland Stage.The availability of excellent water made Simpson Springs one of the most prominent stations in the West Desert.]]> 2017-01-25 18:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149426014 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149426180

Rock Creek station was established along the Oregon-California Trail in 1858 to sell supplies and other services to the emigrants. The station subsequently served as a relay station for the Pony Express, and finally as a stage station for the Overland stage.]]> 2017-01-25 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149426180 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427102 Hollenberg Pony Express Station, also known as Cottonwood Pony Express Station. Hollenberg traded with emigrants on the trails, operated the westernmost Pony Express station in Kansas, and provided relay services for the Overland Mail.]]> 2017-01-25 18:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427102 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427276 At the time of the Pony Express, Camp Floyd provided troops for protection against Indian attacks and served to keep the trail open for the Pony Express, stage lines, and other travelers. The Pony Express Station was a small adobe building that stood several hundred feet northeast of John Carson's Inn (pictured above).]]> 2017-01-25 18:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427276 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427487 Indian raids and the interruption of Pony Express mail service spurred the construction of Fort Churchill on the banks of the Carson River. Captain Joseph Stewart and his men began building the fort on July 20, 1860, it is made of adobe buildings on stone foundations. This fort housed the Pony Express station in its headquarters building, which is still standing.]]> 2017-01-25 18:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149427487 607922 https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149429001 This was the headquarters of the Pony Express]]> 2017-01-25 18:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/607922/128x3645bcwe/wish/149429001