The Pony Express was a mail service for the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Co. The mail was carried rapidly over land on horseback between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, and by boat between Sacramento and San Francisco. On April 8, 1860, the first Pony Express rider headed east. The Pony Express was in operation from April 1860 to October 1861. During that time, about 200 riders carried that mail in a relay traveling 1,966 miles in ten days or less. Horses would be changed every ten to fifteen miles at swing stations. While at home stations, they change riders after about 75 miles. The riders averages 250 miles a day. During that time, the riders came upon Indians, desert heat, and blizzards. They traveled a total of 650,00 miles and carried 34,753 pieces of mail. Only one delivery was ever lost. To save weight, letters were written on tissue thin paper. Postage was $10 an ounce. This was later reduced to $2. Lincoln's inaugural address was carried from Missouri to California in seven days and seventeen hours, a record time. The Pony Express was organized by a stagecoach operator, William Hepburn Russell. He had been convinced by a group of important Californians that a mail route over land to their state was possible. Russell's business partners did not like this idea because it would not be protected by a U.S. mail contract. But he built the need stations and bought 500 "top-quality horses" anyway. In advertising for riders, he hinted at the hazardous nature of the job. The ad asked for, "small, daring young men, preferably orphans". The riders received room and board. Their earnings were $100 to &150 a month. Their average age was 19, but one rider, David Jay, was only 13. Another was William F. Cody, who became famous as "Buffalo Bill". In order to save more weight, riders would carry only a pistol and a knife. They were expected to out-run Indians not fight them.
Not to worry though, the Pony Express was founded with the intent of the fastest mail delivery between St. ... Now what is the Pony Express you ask? ... The Pony Express now ran twice a week from mid June, to late October 1861. ... However upon completion of the telegraph there was no longer a need for the Pony Express. Financially, the owners spent $700,000 on the Pony Express and had a $200,000 deficit. ...
multiculturalism: (specific to America) more and more Latin people entering the country, causing a rise in bilingual education and bilingual people, affecting the core language of America, their culture affecting our core language, English cultural evolving of communication which has a trickle-down effect on language: Pony Express, telegraph, telephone, email-- all had or have different forms of communication Pony Express (just America)- often had lengthy, draw-out letters to friends, loved ones, anyone because delivery was so slow, so an individual would have to put all the events a...
S.E Hinton, the author, does a excellent job in showing Darry's friendship with Pony Boy. ... The author shows the boys anger when Darry hits Pony Boy and Pony Boy runs away and lives afraid and lonely. ... When Johnny dies and then when Dally dies, you see how hard it is for three boys to express their loss and feelings about death. ... When Johnny dies and he tells Pony Boy to stay gold which I think means to stay the same and don't change. ... You see some love when Pony hugs Darry and says "I love you Darry". ...
The search for rapid transport of information led to the formation of the pony express in 1860 (Cozic 77). Although the pony express required several weeks to carry mail from the East Coast to the West Coast, it was a vast improvement over the earlier methods. The pony express was not the only time humans teamed up with animals to attempt to improve communications. ... It was even before the pony express that a true technological breakthrough was made. ... It took quite a few years to link the major cities of America by telegraph wires, but by 1861 the pony express had been replaced. ...
His wonderful novellas The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, and The Pearl not only introduce readers to a fascinating, realistic cast of characters, and make the hills and seacoast of California and Mexico come to life, but also tell intriguing stories of the lives of real people. ... Of Mice and Men, The Pearl and The Red Pony are a Steinbecken trilogy of naturalistic philosophy. ... In The Pearl, Steinbeck expresses the fact that man's manifestation for wealth and property leads to the self destruction of man, both mentally, and physically. ...
They express themselves by tattooing or piercing their bodies. ... The girls usually have long hair in a pony tail. ... However girl jocks tend to have long hair in a pony tail or braided to keep their hair off the face to allow them to play their sport. ...
The telephone transformed communication technology because before it, people had basically three ways of communicating with each other: by writing, using the telegraph, or using the pony express. ... The Pony Express was effective at the time, but compared to the telephone, it was extremely slow. ...