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Can you imagine living at a time when there were no telephones or internet or any way to talk to

others far away? Not long ago, that is how people lived. Instead of making phone calls, they wrote

letters to each other, but often it took many, many days for the letters to arrive. Imagine if

you had something very important to tell someone, but they wouldn't find out for weeks.

In America, during the times of pioneers and cowboys, there was a creative business man named William

Russell who had a genius idea. He started a company and called it the Pony Express. To deliver mail,

he would use horses and riders to ride as fast as they could to deliver letters. From the state of

Missouri to California across thousands of miles, there would be many stations. At each station,

there was a new horse and rider who would grab the mail and ride as fast as they could to the next

station. Instead of letters taking a very long time, they could go across the country in just

10 days. That was very fast. Not only did Russell and his company need fast riders, but they

also needed brave riders. The journey from Missouri to California could be very dangerous.

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