| PONY EXPRESS! 10 Days to San Francisco! LETTERS to San Francisco WILL ONLY BE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE, 84BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 9：00A. M. 一4：00 P. M. Every TUESDAY AND 8：00A. M. -2：00 P. M. Every SATURDAY All letters will LEAVE the office on WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 11 P. M. EXPRESS CHARGES Letters weighing half ounce (盎司) or under ……$ 1.00 For every added half ounce or under ……$ 1.00 And all the cost of the Express Pre-paid. PONY EXPRESS ENVELOPES For Sale at our office. New York, July 1,1861. |
When people reached the West and lived there, they wrote letters to the family and friends they had left behind. The mail's journey east was often as difficult and long as the pioneers' trip west! It could take months for mail to travel from one coast to the other.
In 1860 the pony express began to deliver mail. The pony express was a system of mail transport that depended on relays of horses. The pony express had interchange stations every 10 to 15 miles along the2,000-mile way. Riders changed horses at these interchange stations. One rider usually covered between 75 and 100 miles each day. With the pony express, mail could travel from coast to coast in about 10 days. This was much faster than before.
