![]() ![]() Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. From April 3, 1860, to October 1861, it became the West’s most direct means of east–west communication before the telegraph was established and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the United States. During its 18 months of operation, it reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about 10 days. Waddell all of whom were notable in the freighting business. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Officially operating as the Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak Express Company of 1859, which in 1860 became the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, this firm was founded by William H. Joseph, Missouri, across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California, by horseback, using a series of relay stations. The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, and small packages from St. For other meanings of “Pony Express”, see Pony Express (disambiguation) This article is about the fast mail service of 1860–1861. ![]() Collect letters, avoid obstacles and aim for the ultimate 100 letter delivery! We know everyone is busy these days but the Pony Express needs YOU.According to Google today is the 155 th anniversary of the Pony Express We've made time-based games in the past so our new idea was simple. The Pony Express felt like a great game concept to us at Google. ![]() What a concept–riders with letters on horseback racing from California to Missouri and vice versa to deliver mail on time! True to their word, the first mail arrived on April 14th. So when William H.Russell, Alexander Majors & William B Waddell founded the Pony Express on April 3rd, 1860, they set in motion a wonderful yet daunting method of communication. The notion of triumph through adversity is so inspirational. We were so excited to share this doodle that we asked a friend of the team, animator Nate Swinehart, to tell a bit more about the history of the Pony Express and document the doodle process. ![]()
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