Pony Express

For the time, it was exceptionally fast and it was reliable. It was also very expensive at $5 per half ounce (about $85 for a one page letter) which meant that the market for such a service had no growth potential. There was also no possible way to make the service any faster. The telegraph took over the market once the line was completed and it was faster and much cheaper.

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Is this a chicken or the egg question? There was no pony express before horses.

Pony Express - 1953 is rated/received certificates of:

Australia:PG

Finland:K-8

Finland:K-7 (new rating: 2001)

Sweden:Btl

UK:U

USA:Approved (PCA #16104)

West Germany:12 (nf)

MISSOURI

The Pony Express operated from April 1860 to October 1861 from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.

Yes it sure did

St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California

Although the Pony Express riders carried letters from station to station, it was the transcontinental telegraph line connecting East to West that spelled the end of the Pony Express.

No it cant

The phone number of the Pony Express Museum is: 816-279-5059.

William Robinson has hired as a Pony Express rider by Bolivar Roberts to ride the 140-mile route between Merced and Mariposa. One of his most famous rides involved carrying a judge's order to Mariposa so that the sheriff there could hold one Johnny Edmonds for trial for the murder of a bank teller. The ride had to be made within seventeen hours or the sheriff would have to let Edmonds go. Not only was the route through Indian country, but the Edmonds gang was lying in wait to intercept any dispatches. All was well until about twenty-five miles from Mariposa where he was ambushed by the Edmonds gang. Monroe was able to avoid capture and delivered the judge's order in time.

Under fair conditions, the Pony Express riders could carry the mail 2000 miles in 10 days.

November 20, 1861 -- last date of the pony express

To make communication "easier" although it took a very, very long time to send letters.

The first run of the Express was on April 3, 1860 and lasted 2 years. A rider would cover two hundred miles a day for 10 days, changing horses every 10 miles. The route followed the settler's trail .

Nervous system is built for speed, it uses impulses to prod the muscles and glands into immediate action.

Whereas, the endocrine uses a chemical messenger called hormones, which is release into the blood to be transported leisurely through out the body.

It is not from 1860, it was issued in 1960 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Poney Express. It has a minimal value. Catalogs will list it at 15 cents, but that covers the cost of keeping it in stock.

Pan Am Express ended in 1991.

started at the oragan trail and ended in sacramento California.

The telegraph is what ended the Pony Express

Yes, the Pony Express was effectively put out of business by the Overland Mail Company, which began its operations in 1861. The Overland Mail Company provided a more efficient and reliable mail service using stagecoaches, significantly reducing delivery times compared to the Pony Express. By October 1861, the Pony Express ceased operations due to financial difficulties and the competition from the Overland Mail Company, which could transport mail more economically and at a larger scale.

They used a relay system .

Every few miles there was a station where the rider would quickly transfer his mail bags and himself to a fresh horse.

a riderfor the pony express got $25

Riders received $25 dollars per week at a time when unskilled labor was paid $1 per week. Imagine working two weeks and getting paid for a year of work.