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Pony Express: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date April 1860 - October 1861
Areas Of Involvement Today in History—July 12: The Day Wild Bill’s Legend Started • Today in History—April 3: The First Ride of the Pony Express
Related People Frederick Bee • Alexander Majors • William Hepburn Russell • William Bradford Waddell

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United States postage stamp showing a Pony Express rider on horseback, with a dashed route from Sacramento to St. Joseph and text reading 1860-1960 Pony Express and 4 cents.
Black and white illustration of a Pony Express rider on horseback waving to workers raising telegraph poles near Chimney Rock and the North Platte River, with mountains in the background.
Map of the United States highlighting the historic Pony Express route in red, running from St. Joseph, Missouri, across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, to Sacramento, California. Key relay stations and forts are marked along the route, with modern state boundaries shown for reference.
Pony Express station at Fort Bridger in Wyoming
Pony Express stable in St. Joseph, Missouri
Centennial map of the Pony Express route
The final Pony Express station in Kansas
The Pony Express statue in St. Joseph, Missouri
Stone replica of the Simpson Springs Pony Express Station and a stone monument stand in a dry, open landscape with mountains in the background in Tooele County, Utah.
Single-story log cabin with a wood shingle roof, two windows, and an open doorway, identified as the original Pony Express Station in Ehmen Park, Gothenburg, Nebraska.
A sealed envelope with a red wax stamp is overlaid with lit birthday candles shaped as the numbers 2, 5, and 0, in front of a faded background showing a mailbox and a postal worker in a mail truck.
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