Spirit of the Pony Express

2012, 77 minutes

Spirit of the Pony Express centers around not only the history of the Pony Express itself, but also celebrates the institutions and personalities that keep that history alive today.

In 1859, getting a letter across the American Frontier to the new State of California took 4 months. <P> In 1860, three business men ventured to blaze a 2,000 mile trail from Saint Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California and hired the toughest, fastest horsemen in country, creating one of the boldest relay-races in history...and delivered the mail in 10 days...altering the course of a growing nation forever. <P> In 2010, men and women from all over the world came together and re-created the arduous journey across what is now an 8 state trail, carrying real mail over hundreds of horse and thousands of miles, to celebrate history and remind everyone of the Spirit Of The Pony Express.

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