The Pony Express dispatched its first rider from St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3, 1860. It was an all-out, high-speed information delivery service that traversed nearly 2,000 miles of open, desolate and ...

The Pony Express only lasted 18 months, but the mail delivery service remains one of the most enduring icons of the American West — its story told in dime novels and in Westerns like the 1990s TV show ...

The Historical Landmark sign along Highway 50 isn't promising - bent, faded, defaced with graffiti - and most folks drive on by. With a half-dead horse, however, as well as an aching butt, a seriously ...

Before there was Federal Express, there was the Pony Express. Here’s a brief history of how the mail got delivered using good old-fashioned horsepower. IMAGINE if you wrote a letter to a friend on ...

There was an awful lot of distance between what had been the Western frontier — Missouri and Iowa — and the new Pacific coast states of California and Oregon. It could take three months or longer to ...

An illustration of a Pony Express rider passing men putting up telegraph poles, created in 1867. | George M. Ottinger, Library of Congress // Public Domain The Pony Express plays a bit of an oversized ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Have you ever wanted to see the Pony Express operating as it once did in 1860? There’s a chance to do just that thanks to the National Pony Express Association. On Wednesday, July 11, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...