The Pony Express



The Pony Express was a mail service which crossed America from Missouri to California from 1860 to 1861. Pre-dating the telegraph, it was the nation's most direct means of communication between the two coasts. Riders on Horses would travel a short distance before handing off his bundles of mail to the next rider. In doing so, mail delivery from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts took approximately ten days. The Pony Express was depicted in both The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar, and the Great Muppets in American History coloring book.