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The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierras from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861.
The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierras from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861.  
 
*'''Additional Sources'''
*{{FSC|548673|item|disp=Kate B. Carter ''Riders of the Pony Express''  The Pony Express Mid-Century Memorial Commission of Utah, c197}}
*Myra V. Gormley, ''What Became of the Daring Young Men of the Pony Express'' Utah Genealogical Association Crossroads 2 #1 (December 2006): 2-9 FS Library 973 D25gj v.2 no. 1
*Myra V. Gormley, '' Compiled List of Pony Express Riders'' Utah Genealogical Association Crossroads 2 #1 (December 2006): 10-12 FS Library 973 D25gj v.2 no.1
*Jacqueline Lewin & Marilyn Taylor, ''On the winds of destiny : a biographical look at Pony Express riders'' St. Joseph, Missouri : Platte Purchase Pub., c2000 {{FSC|1238780|item|disp=FS Library 978 D3L}} 
*Merrill J. Mattes and Paul Henderson, ''The Pony Express : from St. Joseph to Fort Laramie'' St. Louis, Missouri : Patrice Press, ©1989 {{FSC|2540547|item|disp=FS Library 973 H2mat}}
*{{FSC|612735|item|disp=Raymond W. Settle, Mary Lund Settle, ''Saddles and spurs : the Pony Express saga'' New York, New York : Bonanza Books, c1955}}


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The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierras from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861.

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