[This Week in History] The Short—but Legendary—Ride of the Pony Express
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, The Pony Express is synonymous with speed, endurance, and the American spirit of getting things done. While the name is recognized not just across the United States but around the world, it’s not widely known that the Pony Express was part of a larger corporation—or that it lasted only 18 months—or that it was never meant to last in the first place. Here to tell the story of the Pony Express is Jim DeFelice, author of West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express.
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