April 3 in American History
The first Pony Express riders set out, carrying mail nearly 2,000 miles between Missouri and California in about ten days — a relay of daring young horsemen across the frontier. It lasted only 18 months before the transcontinental telegraph made it obsolete, but it became an enduring symbol of frontier grit and hustle.
In 1860: the Pony Express begins. The first Pony Express riders set out, carrying mail nearly 2,000 miles between Missouri and California in about ten days — a relay of daring young horsemen across the frontier.
The first Pony Express riders set out, carrying mail nearly 2,000 miles between Missouri and California in about ten days — a relay of daring young horsemen across the frontier. It lasted only 18 months before the transcontinental telegraph made it obsolete, but it became an enduring symbol of frontier grit and hustle.
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