Emphasis Preaching Journal
The young riders had three...
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The young riders had three basic tasks to complete in the course of their labor: 1) travel light, 2) don't stop for conversation on the way, and 3) get the word out. From 1860 to 1862 the riders of the Pony Express dutifully carried mail and small freight parcels across present-day states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada to California. These faithful-to-the-task young men helped prepare the way for the coming of the transcontinental railroad and the Western Union Telegraph Company. -- Saxon