The Fastest Mail System in History Delaney Carlson Junior Division Historical Paper Student-Composed Words: 1,567
The Fastest Mail System in History Delaney Carlson Junior Division Historical Paper Student-composed Words: 1,567 Imagine being an individual who has the guts to risk death daily, an individual who defines the odds on horseback, an individual who breaks history. The Pony Express was a turning point in new inventions and businesses in the 1860’s. They galloped through storms, rough terrain, criminals shooting, and vexed Indians. They contributed a new beginning of transportation of information across America, they believed in themselves and rode through all the horrific circumstances and cut the time of mail delivery in fourth. The Pony Express was founded by 3 gentlemen, Alexander Majors, William B. Waddell, and William Hepburn Russell. These men had an idea on creating a one of a kind mail system that would break history. At the time [1860], it took around 1 month to transport a letter from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California. Majors, Waddell, and Russell wanted to cut the time of mail transportation to under 10 days. Many people thought that their innovation was a joke, or just a ‘thought’ that wouldn’t work; but after much long hours of trial and error, they established the one of a kind, futuristic mail system, The Pony Express. Majors, Waddell, and Russell had set up a proximity 2,000 miles of trails to ride through different terrain and eventually through many different states. As they started hiring riders and horses, the team started to discover routes needed to make the journey, and started building stations every 10-15 miles with stables for new fresh horses to be ridden, and every 75-85 miles, a station to change out both the rider and the horse.
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