Bold Riders: The Story of the Pony Express

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CHAPTER 1 OFF AND RUNNING A crowd gathered along the dusty main street of St Joseph Missouri People huddled in the early evening chill of a spring day in April 1860 They watched eagerly as a thin young man climbed on a spirited horse A cannon boomed in the distance The race against time had begun FUN FACT At first the western run of the Pony Express ended at Sacramento California From there mail went by boat to San Francisco California Later on riders sometimes carried mail all the way to San Francisco