Author: Pony Express Mid-Century Memorial Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 5

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Author: Terral F. King
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Category : Pony Express National Historic Trail
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Category : Commemorative postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 25

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Author: James C. Young
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Category : Pony express
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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A rider will recreate the route of the Pony Express from St. Joseph, Mo. to San Francisco, Calif., as part of a celebration of the 73rd anniversary of California's admission day.

Author: David Drake
Publisher: Doc and Johnny Old West Myster
ISBN: 9781520614946
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Book Three: Doc and Johnny's Old West Mysteries. Johnny uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of a Pony Express rider some twenty years before. He smells foul play and investigates with his new 15 year old friend, Jericho. He helped nurse Jerry back to health after he had been attacked and badly hurt by a coyote while handling the horses on a cattle drive. They explore one of the original Pony Express Station Buildings, spend a night in a cave to escape a dangerous blizzard, find the skeleton of the young rider, and eventually put the clues together and bring to justice the outlaws who did harm to the boy. Johnny is held captive by the worst of the bad guys and has to use his quick thinking to try to handle the life threatening situation. There is, excitement, mystery, and a really great growing friendship between two very different yet very similar boys. Johnny writes an exciting Pony Express story.

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Category : Pony Express National Historic Trail
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Author: Ralph Moody
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803235984
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Chronicles the eighteen-month operation of the Pony Express, explaining why and how it was created, describing the challenges faced by riders, and discussing.

Author: Jean Kinney Williams
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756503017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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A colorful chapter in the history of the Old West Getting the mail to California Two months to get it ready The Pony Express is off! Adventure on the job Pony Express bows to telegraph line.

Author: Jim DeFelice
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062496794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist, Best Western Historical Nonfiction "A GROUNDBREAKING WORK. ... The first comprehensive history of the legendary transcontinental experiment in mail delivery in sixty years." —True West "This rollicking account of the daring enterprise known as the Pony Express brings its era and its legendary characters to life." —San Francisco Chronicle The new definitive history of the Pony Express by the #1 bestselling coauthor of American Sniper, illustrated with 50 images On the eve of the Civil War, three American businessmen launched an audacious plan to create a financial empire by transforming communications across the hostile territory between the nation’s two coasts. In the process, they created one of the most enduring icons of the American West: the Pony Express. Daring young men with colorful names like “Bronco Charlie” and “Sawed-Off Jim” galloped at speed over a vast and unforgiving landscape, etching an irresistible tale that passed into myth almost instantly. Equally an improbable success and a business disaster, the Pony Express came and went in just eighteen months, but not before uniting and captivating a nation on the brink of being torn apart. Jim DeFelice’s brilliantly entertaining West Like Lightning is the first major history of the Pony Express to put its birth, life, and legacy into the full context of the American story. The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company—or “Pony Express,” as it came to be known—was part of a plan by William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Waddell to create the next American Express, a transportation and financial juggernaut that already dominated commerce back east. All that stood in their way were almost two thousand miles of uninhabited desert, ice-capped mountains, oceanic plains roamed by Indian tribes, whitewater-choked rivers, and harsh, unsettled wilderness. The Pony used a relay system of courageous horseback riders to ferry mail halfway across a continent in just ten days. The challenges the riders faced were enormous, yet the Pony Express succeeded, delivering thousands of letters at record speed. The service instantly became the most direct means of communication between the eastern United States and its far western territories, helping to firmly connect them to the Union. Populated with cast of characters including Abraham Lincoln (news of whose electoral victory the Express delivered to California), Wild Bill Hickock, Buffalo Bill Cody (who fed the legend of the Express in his Wild West Show), and Mark Twain (who celebrated the riders in Roughing It), West Like Lightning masterfully traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri—the edge of the civilized world—west to Sacramento, the capital of California, then booming from the gold rush. Jim DeFelice, who traveled the Pony’s route in his research, plumbs the legends, myths, and surprising truth of the service, exploring its lasting relevance today as a symbol of American enterprise, audacity, and daring.

Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
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ISBN: 9781887840408
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Dick Park is the son of a Pony Express rider, Katy Kelly is the daughter of a way station master, and Little Bear is an Indian boy who lives nearby. How three friends keep the mail moving is just part of this fast-moving tale about the great experiment in transcontinental communication.