pony express by Manuel Perez https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm facts about pony express en-us 2017-01-24 16:36:08 UTC 2017-01-24 18:57:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png By 1860, 380,000 people lived in California. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149093669 2017-01-24 17:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149093669 The trip from Missouri to California was 2,000 miles. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094171 2017-01-24 17:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094171 It took a wagon train 3 months to travel that far. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094451 2017-01-24 17:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094451 Mail delivered by stagecoach took a very long time to arrive. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094719 2017-01-24 17:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149094719 The Pony Express created a route from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149095543 2017-01-24 17:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149095543 The Pony Express mail service lasted for only 18 months. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096116 2017-01-24 17:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096116 It began in April of 1860 and ended in October of 1861. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096561 2017-01-24 17:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096561 The Pony Express reminds us that nothing is impossible. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096735 2017-01-24 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149096735 Home stations were built every 75-100 miles. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149097549 2017-01-24 17:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149097549 The Pony Express used 400 horses and 120 riders to keep the mail moving at all times. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149097715 2017-01-24 17:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149097715 That is how far a horse could gallop before tiring. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149099885 2017-01-24 17:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149099885 Rested horses were ready at the relay stations. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149101329 2017-01-24 17:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149101329 Buffalo Bill Cody was one of the most famous riders in the Pony Express. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149103881 2017-01-24 17:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149103881 horses was the fastest way to delivery mail 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149111111 2017-01-24 18:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149111111 it would take 8 to 10 days to get your mail. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149111793 2017-01-24 18:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149111793 tween April 3, 1860, to October 1861 St. Joseph was one of the two end points for the Pony Express. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117037 2017-01-24 18:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117037 Station No. 1 The home station in Marysville, a stone barn built by Joseph Cottrell in 1859, was leased to the Pony Express in 1860. The barn is still standing and is now a museum. The riders probably slept at the nearby Barrett Hotel. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117329 2017-01-24 18:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117329 The riders stopping in Marysville probably slept at the nearby Barrett Hotel. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117663 2017-01-24 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117663 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117807 2017-01-24 18:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149117807 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149118841 2017-01-24 18:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149118841 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119124 2017-01-24 18:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119124 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). 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119282 2017-01-24 18:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119282 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119723 2017-01-24 18:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119723 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119944 2017-01-24 18:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149119944 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. 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149120088 2017-01-24 18:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149120088 horses was used to delivery mail 624443 https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149121045 2017-01-24 18:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/624443/wil33kt4c2pm/wish/149121045