During the midst of the Civil War era, California was admitted to the Union, and yet this prosperous land in the west, was remote and distant from the East, Stage Coaches often taking as long as 20 days to venture the vast gap. Not to worry though, the Pony Express was founded with the intent of the fastest mail delivery between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Not to mention to draw public attention to the central route in hope of gaining the million dollar contract for the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company.
Now what is the Pony Express you ask? Simply a complex relay of mail by horses and riders, running in conjunction day, night, rain or shine, summer or winter. A total of 183 men are known to have ridden for the Pony Express during its operation of just over 18 months. Riders of this outfit were tough, an ad in a California newspaper read: "Wanted. Young, skinny, wiry fellows. Not over 18. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." Most riders were around 20, with the youngest being 11 and the oldest mid-40s. Not many were orphans. Most weighed around 120 pounds. Riders were compensated $100 on a monthly basis.
In order to cross the 2,000 mile stretch in as little as 7 days and 17 hours between telegraph lines, approximately 165 stations were set up along the frontier allowing riders to get a fresh horse every 10 to 15 miles, while riders would switch every 75 to 100 miles. This required a vast fleet of around 400 horses (including thorough breads, mustangs, pintos and morgans).
At a cost of $5.00 per 1/2 ounce, mail would be delivered once a week in both directions from April 3, 1860 (Johnny Fry was the first westbound rider from St. joseph, while Billy Hamiliton was the fi.
rst eastbound driver from Sacramento) to mid June 1860. By this time things were running more smoothly and the service charge dropped to 1$ per half ounce.
The Pony Express was a mail service for the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Co. ... On April 8, 1860, the first Pony Express rider headed east. The Pony Express was in operation from April 1860 to October 1861. ... The Pony Express was organized by a stagecoach operator, William Hepburn Russell. ... The Pony Express was the fastest run in the west." ...
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. ...