Pony Express rider crossing hostile country between St Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, pursued by native Americans. Horse and rider relay mail service took about 10 days to cover the 1,800 mile route and operated from April 1860 to October 1861 when the transcontinenetal telegraph system opened. On the right is a Native American 'burual' polatform. From The Illustrated London News, October 1861. Engraving.
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