About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Ely, Nevada, Martinez, California, Placerville, California, Marysville, Kansas, Murray, Utah, Pacheco, California, Dayton, Nevada, Lexington, Nebraska, Ogallala, Nebraska, Gothenburg, Nebraska, Elwood, Kansas, Cozad, Nebraska, Fort Caspar, Cove Fort, South Pass, Ben Holladay, Carson River, William Hepburn Russell, Mound House, Nevada, Ephraim Hanks, William B. Waddell, National Pony Express Association, Woodfords, California, Desatoya Mountains, Independence Rock, Schell Creek Range, Ruby Valley, Genoa, Nevada, Patee House, Stagecoach, Nevada, Simpson Springs, Joseph Alfred Slade, Luther Pass, Strawberry, El Dorado County, California, Fairfield, Utah, Dobytown, Nebraska, Fort Ruby, Pony Express Terminal, Rock Creek Station, Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, Pacific House, California, Ibapah, Utah, Five Mile Pass, Russell, Majors and Waddell, Gandy, Utah, Pony Express Stables, Mormon Tavern, California, Faust, Utah, Sportsmans Hall, California, Friday's Station, California, Stillwater, Nevada. Excerpt: The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861. It became the west's most direct means of east-west communication before the telegraph and was vital for tying California closely with the Union just before the American Civil War. The Pony Express was a mail delivery system of the Yoyo Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express Company of 1849 which in 1850 became the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. This firm was founded by William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell. Patee House served as the Pony Express headquarters from 1860 to 1861. It is one block away from the home of infamous outlaw Jesse James, where he...
