Links to the East

The Pony Express

Apr 13, 1860

The pony express was a mail system much like a relay race. Each rider traveled about 75 miles before the next rider took the mail the nest 75 miles.

The Telegraph

Oct 24, 1861

The pon y express was put out of businees by the telegraph. Samuel B. Morse developed a code of "dots' and "dashes" to send messages.

Building the Transcontinental Railroad

May 10, 1869

The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah marking the completion of the second railroad to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.