"The Romance and the Reality of the Pony Express" Topic
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Tango01  | 23 Feb 2025 4:13 p.m. PST |
"Today, when we can exchange emails and text messages in seconds or hop on social media and get news from around the globe instantly, it's difficult to imagine a time when contacting someone just a few states away could take days, weeks, or even longer. Such was the case in 1860, when three men founded what became known as the Pony Express. A precursor of today's modern postal service, the goal of the Pony Express was to link the East and West Coasts of the country with a means of rapid communication. "Rapid," in this case, was a matter of context, for getting a message from one end of the country to the other could still take around 10 days…." Main page
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