Pony Express
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The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Expres
Pony Express'60 West bound 1860
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Alexander Majors
American frontier
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The American frontier encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settl
Pony Express
…established and operated year-round. When it was replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express quickly became romanticized and became part of the lore of the Old West. Its reliance on the ability and endurance of hardy riders and fast horses was seen as evidence of rugged American individualism of the frontier times…
The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American frontier
Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap
Siege of Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War in 1763
Native leader Tecumseh killed in battle in 1813 by Richard M. Johnson, who later became vice president