The American Pony Express. En Route from the Missouri River
The famous American Pony Express to carry post from coast to coast was set up by Mr WH Russell. The first journey was made on April 9th 1860 and took seven and a half days for ponies to cover 1, 900 miles in relays
Picture No
10219239
Media ID
46007946
Size
6667px x 3638px
(4.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustrated London News. 1861. p 386. By GH Andrews
Date
1861
