Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-127) and index.
Contents
Early mail road West -- Founding fathers -- Creating the PonyExpress -- A rough western road -- "The lonesomest kind of job" -- Pony riders of endurance -- A pony at trail's end.
Summary
Starting in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and traveling to Sacramento, California, the young men of the PonyExpress became national heroes as they risked their lives by riding through blizzards, desert heat, and hostile American Indian territory to d