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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pony express
–noun
| a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, esp. the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. |
[Origin: 1840–50, Americanism
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| pony express
n. A system of rapid mail transportation by relays of horses that operated from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in 1860-1861. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| pony express | |
noun | |
| express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860 |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Pony Express
Pony Express
A system of mail service by relays of riders on horses, established in 1860 between Missouri and California, through the Rocky Mountains. It operated for only a year and a half, until a telegraph line eliminated the need for it.
Note: An early advertisement for Pony Express riders is well known: “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.”
Note: Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok were Pony Express riders in their youth.
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