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Johnson i The Pony Express THESIS: Three men in the mid-1800s had an idea to open up a mail delivery system that reached from the Midwest all the way to California. I. Introduction II. Background Information A. History B. What they did III. History And Myth A. Stereotypes B. Conflicts IV. Pony Express Articles A. Facts about the author

California became the 31st state in 1850 and was over 2000 miles apart from the other states. This caused residents of the newly formed state to feel isolated. The Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands to California, and the wanted faster mail service (Guinn, 1901). Mail services before the Pony Express were delivered by stage coach services, ships, and trains (Guinn, 1901). The service during this time was considered slow, expensive and irregular. Letters took months to arrive and sometimes they were

The Pony Express covered 1,800 miles between Sacramento, California and St. Joseph, Missouri (Pony Express Territory Nevada). Along the way in this journey many riders would stop in Nevada. One of these stops was located at Simpson Park Station which is fifteen miles north east of Austin, Nevada (Simpson Park Station-Pony Express). The Simpson Park Station was named by Captain James H. Simpson who was the captain of the United States Topographical Engineers (Lewin). He decided to go on a route from

Life in the 1850's In 1850, Scandinavian gold miners in California formed the first ski clubs in the United States. On June 2nd, a series of fires destroyed several million dollars worth of property in San Francisco. In 1851, Cornelius Vanderbilt established a steam ship route from New York to California. In 1852, Congress established the Oregon territory. A year later, a San Francisco club introduced the Irish sport of hurling into the United States. That same year

The Pony Express was an extremely important event in history for three profoundly reasons. All together, it helped the farther east states to keep in contact with the West with all the news of what was happening, important documents, and sometimes small packages and family letters that were being sent from different states. It helped for new and more improved ideas of how could the spreading of news could be spread faster and safer. The good reason of keeping all the states in contact with all

The Pony Express The Pony Express was an extremely important event in history for three profoundly reasons. All together, it helped the farther east states to keep in contact with the West with all the news of what was happening, important documents, and sometimes small packages and family letters that were being sent from different states. It helped for new and more improved ideas of how could the spreading of news could be spread faster and safer. The good reason of keeping all the states

With e-mail and e-documents, bills and insurance statements, which used to require first-class mail to and from a destination, can now be sent for free and within just a few seconds it is received. But before the internet was invented other ideas was sparked as well. Ideas how to have contact all over