Pony express Exhibition Notes by Valeria Lee https://padlet.com/vlee30_/xiunv4u4ga1cxsq Researcher(s): Morgan and vivi en-us 2025-02-27 15:27:56 UTC 2025-03-05 01:53:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f434.png Artifact Idea mstahler30_1 https://padlet.com/vlee30_/xiunv4u4ga1cxsq/wish/3345415121 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Three men started the pony express

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


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    • 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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    • 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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  • communications were prominent because of the civil war

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    • 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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