The History of the Pony Express 

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I did a history class project in 7th grade on this it was crazy

@@chromicapop4595 very interesting! So what was your thoughts about the how the pony express traveled while encountering native Indians?

Only a sick person would celebrate stealing land off other people

It wasn't stolen. It was purchased fairly. Trade? Haggle?

Godspeed

I live in Kansas City! I will have to check those out!

It’s weird seeing people talking about your home town 😭. They take people to the museum and house for field trips so I grew up with the knowledge though no one here actually really cares nor talks about it surprisingly.

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Too late

@@beavisroadhog9629 I understand how you feel but it's definitely not too late. People have to vote to make changes, not just in big elections either. Many people that complain (not saying you) won't run for the School Board or local elections, worse than that, they don't even vote in major elections many times. If people made sure to vote and get involved in local school policies, etc., we could easily get back to teaching our kids real American history and not just the "evil" things that may have occurred. If kids were actually shown the truth and saw the sacrifices that people made when building the US, they'd be amazed. It would also help correct the "narrative" that they've been being fed for some time now. Just a little food for thought. Best wishes.

I'm watching this from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺. IF i go to America 🇺🇸 that place is one I'd like to visit . Please give ( me ) the address 🗺🛰. ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

@@Friendship1nmillion funny enough, the street address is pony express trail, in Camino California. Pretty sure the end stop was in San Francisco, but i could be wrong.

Me too I never figured it lasted less than 2 years

Same

Right! Only 308 runs shocked me!

I live in Ohio. . I sold an item on Ebay and the item was to go to Washington State. Followed the tracking number and last it was seen in Dallas, Tx. ....... then nothing for almosst a week. I went to my local post office and they did an internal search. They called me and said the package ended up in New York BUT get this, they talked to the postmaster general there and he said he was looking at the package as it was sitting on his desk. My local post office why does he have it and the reply was " I dont know what to do with it" ---- ??? They said "Duh put it on a truck"

I'll bet you didn't pay $170.00 an oz. to send it. When you consider the millions pieces of mail the post office moves to every address in the country, it does a fantastic job, and they can't raise rates without the approval of the government. And it does this for 47 cents an oz. If you want very fast service, you can use Federal Express, but you are going to have to pay more than 47 cents.

It's probably on a steamship heading through Panama right now

I remember a series called The Young Riders in the early '90s. Is that the same show?🤔

@@susanscott8653 yeah, I always thought it was called the pony express but that was just the Swedish name

Yes. 1989, with Josh Brolin and Stephen Baldwin. I was 17 yrs old when it was on, and I watched it religiously.

Ummm, clone, enough Extranet for you. I am the real Commander Shepard. You're a pale imitation of the real thing. 👩‍🚀😋

Great suggestion.

I'd be interested in old school nascar, back when stock car meant stock car.

Anything about Petty Im there!

Who cares?

Bill Elliot

So your father will be celebrating his 180th birthday soon?

Thanks for that info, I never knew this.

Didn’t all those followed the pony express?

@@lianefehrle9921 No. Well, they all went East-West, but the pony express essentially followed the Oregon Trail through to the middle of Wyoming through Casper, before turning southwest, and routing south of the Great Salt Lake. The PE trail would essentially become US-50 through Nevada. (It's along US-50, the loneliest road in America, that's you'll find the Pony Express remnants.) The Transcontinental Railroad took a flatter route following Southern Wyoming, then went North of the Great Salt Lake and eventually became I-80. They were separated by a couple hundred miles at points. Trains required a certain type of terrain (read level) that horses did not. The railroad bored tunnels and built bridges that the Pony Express didn't have access to, so could cross more mountainous terrain. So the routes differed because the engineering was different with different requirements for the vehicle in question...

What's the percentage that goes "AOL disks? God, I remember those."

Yeah , BUT we shouldn't laugh at the thought somebody died while doing their job . He ( or she ) would have suffered a terrifying death .♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

I watched this because I remember that show, lol.

If you said 'yes' to this one, you would be a complete badass!

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It was on the 1989 tv show The Young Riders. Does that count?

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