The Oregon Trail began in Independence, Missouri.
The Oregon Trail began in Independence, Missouri.
You are referring to St. Joseph Missouri.
The system of carrying mail to California that began in 1860 was the Pony Express. William Russell established this in 1860. With a stable of 500 horses and series of 190 stations stretching from Missouri to California, Russell promised to carry mail across the continent in the shortest possible time. A series of riders working in relays carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to San Francisco in ten to twelve days. The company went broke in 1861, however, a victim of the most important communications invention of the era, the telegraph.
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Yes it began in Independence, Missouri.
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Missouri.
The Pony Express began on April 3, 1860 from St. Joe, MO, and shut down just 18 months later. It consisted of a string of some 190 relay or stock stations between St. Joe, Missouri, and California. 80 young men, many orphans, and 500 horses made up the Pony Express. The Express made 308 transcontinental runs covering 606,000 miles and carried almost 35,000 pieces of mail. In its 18 months of existence, only one mail pouch was lost!!
their trip began in Missouri
The Pony Express began on April 3, 1860 from St. Joe, MO, and shut down just 18 months later. It consisted of a string of some 190 relay or stock stations between St. Joe, Missouri, and California. 80 young men, many orphans, and 500 horses made up the Pony Express. The Express made 308 transcontinental runs covering 606,000 miles and carried almost 35,000 pieces of mail. In its 18 months of existence, only one mail pouch was lost!!
California's drought began in 1900