(Epilogue:
cji
6/1/14
Carrying
the mail to the West
and then
back to the East
before
the railroads intrusion
telegraphs
unreliable still
1860-1861
eleven months
youthful
riders going forth
horses
14 hands fast/durable
ten mile
stretches to ride
changing
mounts off again
sometimes
without reliefs
going
great distances alone
encountering
weather’s anger
as well
as animals of prey
fighting
off Indians/others
did the
Pony Express ride
into the
myth’s/history then
and
still much alive today!)
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