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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3445360" data-attributes="member: 1246">April 3, 1860&nbsp;On this day in 1860, the first <a href="http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pony-express" target="_blank">Pony Express</a> mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/missouri" target="_blank">Missouri</a>, and Sacramento, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/california" target="_blank">California</a>. Ten days later, on April 13, the westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately 1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the eastbound packet’s arrival in St. Joseph by two days and setting a new standard for speedy mail delivery. Although ultimately short-lived and unprofitable, the Pony Express captivated America’s imagination and helped win federal aid for a more economical overland postal system. It also contributed to the economy of the towns on its route and served the mail-service needs of the American West in the days before the telegraph or an efficient transcontinental railroad.<a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUilwubcNajSEAbvCJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyNjlmZWVxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM5YWM4NGMyMzAzNDlkNGYwYzI5Yjk0MzQ1MmZmY2Y5NARncG9zAzkEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dpony%2Bexpress%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D9&amp;w=631&amp;h=474&amp;imgurl=asd-hs.wikispaces.com%2Ffile%2Fview%2Fpony-express-print-72dpi_op_631x474.jpg%2F361543302%2F648x487%2Fpony-express-print-72dpi_op_631x474.jpg&amp;rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fshopannies.blogspot.com%2F2014%2F04%2Fhappy-birthday-pony-express.html&amp;size=53.7KB&amp;name=annies+home%3A+Happy+Birthday+%3Cb%3EPony+Express%3C%2Fb%3E&amp;p=pony+express&amp;oid=9ac84c230349d4f0c29b943452ffcf94&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;tt=annies+home%3A+Happy+Birthday+%3Cb%3EPony+Express%3C%2Fb%3E&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=9&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=1271anr29&amp;sigb=137n269gq&amp;sigi=141kchphj&amp;sigt=11fin1s3u&amp;sign=11fin1s3u&amp;.crumb=4lx8V5yT39d&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;fr2=piv-web" target="_blank"><img src="https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Wett0ajacEZ8mYrZ5hWEXAHaFk&amp;pid=15.1&amp;P=0&amp;w=214&amp;h=161" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3445360, member: 1246"] April 3, 1860 On this day in 1860, the first [URL='http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pony-express'][U]Pony Express[/U][/URL] mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/missouri'][U]Missouri[/U][/URL], and Sacramento, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/california'][U]California[/U][/URL]. Ten days later, on April 13, the westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately 1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the eastbound packet’s arrival in St. Joseph by two days and setting a new standard for speedy mail delivery. Although ultimately short-lived and unprofitable, the Pony Express captivated America’s imagination and helped win federal aid for a more economical overland postal system. It also contributed to the economy of the towns on its route and served the mail-service needs of the American West in the days before the telegraph or an efficient transcontinental railroad. [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUilwubcNajSEAbvCJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyNjlmZWVxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM5YWM4NGMyMzAzNDlkNGYwYzI5Yjk0MzQ1MmZmY2Y5NARncG9zAzkEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dpony%2Bexpress%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D9&w=631&h=474&imgurl=asd-hs.wikispaces.com%2Ffile%2Fview%2Fpony-express-print-72dpi_op_631x474.jpg%2F361543302%2F648x487%2Fpony-express-print-72dpi_op_631x474.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fshopannies.blogspot.com%2F2014%2F04%2Fhappy-birthday-pony-express.html&size=53.7KB&name=annies+home%3A+Happy+Birthday+%3Cb%3EPony+Express%3C%2Fb%3E&p=pony+express&oid=9ac84c230349d4f0c29b943452ffcf94&fr2=piv-web&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=annies+home%3A+Happy+Birthday+%3Cb%3EPony+Express%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0&ni=21&no=9&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1271anr29&sigb=137n269gq&sigi=141kchphj&sigt=11fin1s3u&sign=11fin1s3u&.crumb=4lx8V5yT39d&fr=ymyy-t-999&fr2=piv-web'][IMG]https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Wett0ajacEZ8mYrZ5hWEXAHaFk&pid=15.1&P=0&w=214&h=161[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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