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At A Nation's Crisis
The Pony Express was the first rapid transit and the first fast mail line across the continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. It was a system by means of which messages were carried swiftly on horseback across the plains and deser...
California And The Secession Menace
When the Southern states withdrew, a conspiracy was on foot to force California out of the Union, and organize a new Republic of the Pacific with the Sierra Madre and the Rocky Mountains for its Eastern boundary. This proposed commonwealth, when...
Early Overland Mail Routes
In the history of overland transportation in America, the Pony Express is but one in a series of many enterprises. As emphasized at the beginning of this book, its importance lay in its opportuneness; in the fact that it appeared at the psycholo...
Inception And Organization Of The Pony Express
Following the discovery of gold in California in January 1848, that region sprang into immediate prominence. From all parts of the country and the remote corners of the earth came the famous Forty-niners. Amid the chaos of a great mining camp th...
Operation Equipment And Business
On entering the service of the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company, employees of the Pony Express were compelled to take an oath of fidelity which ran as follows: "I, - -, do hereby swear, before the Great and Living Go...
Passing Of The Pony Express
When Edward Creighton completed the Pacific telegraph, and, on October 24, 1861, began sending messages; by wire from coast to coast, the California Pony Express formally went out of existence. For over three months since July 1, it had been par...
Riders And Famous Rides
Bart Riles, the pony rider, died this morning from wounds received at Cold Springs, May 16. The men at Dry Creek Station have all been killed and it is thought those at Robert's Creek have met with the same fate. Six Pike's Peakers found th...
The First Trip And Triumph
On March 26, 1860, there appeared simultaneously in the St. Louis Republic and the New York Herald the following notice: To San Francisco in 8 days by the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company. The first courier of the Po...
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Riders And Famous Rides
The First Trip And Triumph
At A Nation's Crisis
Passing Of The Pony Express
Early Overland Mail Routes
Inception And Organization Of The Pony Express
California And The Secession Menace
Operation Equipment And Business
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Operation Equipment And Business
California And The Secession Menace
Inception And Organization Of The Pony Express
Early Overland Mail Routes
Passing Of The Pony Express
At A Nation's Crisis
The First Trip And Triumph
Riders And Famous Rides