Pony Express adalah layanan pesan menyampaikan pesan, surat kabar, mail, dan paket kecil dari St Joseph, Missouri, di Great Plains, atas Pegunungan Rocky dan Sierra Nevada ke Sacramento, California, dengan menunggang kuda, menggunakan serangkaian relay stasiun.Selama 18 bulan beroperasi, ia mengurangi waktu untuk pesan untuk perjalanan antara Atlantik dan pantai Pasifik sekitar 10 hari. Dari April 3, 1860, sampai Oktober 1861 menjadi cara yang paling langsung Barat komunikasi timur-barat sebelum telegraf didirikan dan sangat penting untuk mengikat negara baru California dengan seluruh negara.
Pony Express adalah sistem email-pengiriman Leavenworth dan Pike puncak Express Company of 1859, yang pada tahun 1860 menjadi Central Overland California dan Pikes Peak Express Company. Perusahaan ini didirikan oleh William H. Russell, Alexander Jurusan, dan William B. Waddell yang semuanya penting dalam bisnis freighting.
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, and small packages from St. Joseph, Missouri, across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California, by horseback, using a series of relay stations.
During its 18 months of operation, it reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about 10 days. From April 3, 1860, to October 1861, it became the West's most direct means of east–west communication before the telegraph was established and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the country.
The Pony Express was a mail-delivery system of the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company of 1859, which in 1860 became the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. This firm was founded by William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell all of whom were notable in the freighting business.
