01643cam a2200325 4500 9769533 TxAuBib 20040929120000.0 ||||||s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2003022268 9781404201811 library binding 1404201815 library binding TxAuBib Payment, Simone. The Pony Express : a primary source history of the race to bring mail to the American West / Simone Payment. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Central Primary Source, 2005. 64 p : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm. Primary sources in American history Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index. Introduction : the Pony Express connects the country -- Timeline -- Before the Pony Express -- Planning the Pony Express -- And they're off! -- The weekly ride -- Hardships on the trail -- The end of the ride. Chronicles the eighteen-month history of the Pony Express which operated from April 1860 to October 1861 from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco and describes the planning, hardships, and ultimate end with the invention of the telegraph. 5.5 Follett Library Resources. 5-8. Pony express History Juvenile literature. Pony express. Postal service United States History Juvenile literature. Postal service History. Primary sources in American history.