Pony Express In America's Growth

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the role of communication in the settling of the West. Also shows why the frontier period was so important in our history., Portrays the story of the pony express--its inauguration, and its operation until the completion of the telegraph line across the West. Shows methods of communication in the late 1850's, and the need for better communicatio between the new states of California and Oregon and the East. Includes a re-enactment showing the first pony express rides east and west. Collaborator, Lewis Paul Todd.

Complete Record: Discusses the role of communication in the settling of the West. Also shows why the frontier period was so important in our history., Portrays the story of the pony express--its inauguration, and its operation until the completion of the telegraph line across the West. Shows methods of communication in the late 1850's, and the need for better communicatio between the new states of California and Oregon and the East. Includes a re-enactment showing the first pony express rides east and west. Collaborator, Lewis Paul Todd.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.