(1) Pony Express rider could do it in ten days.

(2) The Pony Express was much faster than the stagecoach.

(3) Besides riders, other people helped run the Pony Express.

(4) What was the Pony Express?

(5) Three people started a company called the Pony Express. The Pony Express carried mail and news throughout the West.

(6) One of the best known Pony Express riders was William Cody.

(7) On April 3, 1860, one Pony Express rider rode west from St. Joseph, Missouri.

(8) The Pony Express lasted a year before the telegraph took over.

(9) Pony Express formed to carry mail to the Wild West.

(10) Pony Express disbanded. The telegraph took over. There are now 2250 telegraph offices in operation nationwide. Sentencedict.com

(11) The Pony Express lasted only eighteen months. It was no longer needed after a telegraph line was completed to San Francisco.

(12) The Pony Express stands ready and waiting for your team.

(13) The Pony Express hired young men. They were often younger than 18 years old.

(14) Still, there were young men willing to ride for the Pony Express.

(15) Fresh lychees, her favorite fruit , were brought by pony express from Guangzhou every week.

(16) A stagecoach took one month to deliver mail. A Pony Express rider could do it in ten days.

(17) The Russell, Majors and Waddell Company decided to show that this central route could be used all year. It began a speedy mail service called the Pony Express.

(18) Sections of the route followed historic pathways blazed by Native Americans, colonial settlers, Civil War armies, and the Pony Express mail service.

(19) In this way, the letters would be carried between California and Missouri. The first letters sent by Pony Express from California took ten days to reach Missouri.