How the Pony Express Worked

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 31 July 2018

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Summary

For as long a shadow as it casts across the history of the Old West, the Pony Express was a failed business venture, doomed from the start, that only lasted 18 months. But since the last rider headed out with his bag of mail, its legend has only grown.

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