Riders of the Pony Express by Ralph Moody Maria Merian 38Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

38Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

This series engages students of all ages

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Riders of the Pony Express by Ralph Moody Maria Merian 38Mary Elizabeth ColeridgePrior to the Civil War, the fastest mail between the West Coast and the East took almost thirty days by stagecoach along a southern route through Texas. Some Californians feared their state would not remain in the Union, separated so far from the free states. Then businessman William Russell invested in a way to deliver mail between San Francisco and the farthest western railroad, in Saint Joseph, Missouri across two thousand miles of mountains,