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Why was the pony express a faster mail service than the butterfield overland mail service?
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∙ 10y ago
People who rode the Pony express ran the horses as fast as they could all the way to the checkpoint. The horses that pulled Stagecoaches walked which made them slower than the Pony Express. There were no boats with engines when the Pony Express was around so boats moved slower and faster depending on the weather and it all had to be done by hand.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoit took about 24 days to travel 2,800 miles between towns near the Mississippi river and San Fransico.
the mail traveled an average of 200 miles a day and took 9 to 10 days to get to California.
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