The Pony Express had a southern competitor, one that couldn’t deliver mail any faster, but could haul a lot more of it. In an era when it took emigrants
Pony Express, system of U.S. mail delivery by continuous horse-and-rider relays between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, and from Sacramento to San Francisco, California, by steamer (April 1860–October 1861). Although a financially disastrous brief enterprise, the Pony Express and
As always, the Gettysburg Borough’s covered device (TVs and computer peripherals) turn-in event, held on Sept. 16 at the Public Works building, was busy, well-received, and very popular. Though 51