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About this site
It is hard to believe that young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only 10 days. This relay system along the Pony Express National Historic Trail in eight states was the most direct and practical means of east-west communications before the telegraph.
- Type
- National Historic Trail
- States
- California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
- Address
- National Trails Regions Office, Regions 6, 7, & 8, Pony Express National Historic Trail, 1100 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505