The Pony Express in America's growth

Duration: 0:10:38

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Coronet Instructional Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: 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 communication 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.

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