“The
First Riders”
cji
5/2/14
Starting
on April 3, 1860
one from
St. Joseph’s
one from
Sacramento
carrying
mail/telegrams
$5 a
half-ounce cost
80
riders and 400 horses
184*
stations en-route
doing
what none had done
carrying
mail to another
without
protection
one from
Sacramento
one from
St. Joseph’s
ending
in March 1861!
*157
Stations to start with
10 miles
apart on average!
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