. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . s. And the schedule of the company re-quired the pony express to make trips in thefollowing time: From St. Joseph to Marysville, 12 hours. From St. Joseph to Fort Kearny, 34 hours. From .^t. Jo>eph to I/iramie. 80 liouTS. From St. to Fort Bridger, 108 hours. From St. Joseph to Salt Lnke, 121 hours. From St. Josepli to Camp Floyd, 128 hours. Frnui St. Joseph to Carson City, 118
. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . s. And the schedule of the company re-quired the pony express to make trips in thefollowing time: From St. Joseph to Marysville, 12 hours. From St. Joseph to Fort Kearny, 34 hours. From .^t. Jo>eph to I/iramie. 80 liouTS. From St. to Fort Bridger, 108 hours. From St. Joseph to Salt Lnke, 121 hours. From St. Josepli to Camp Floyd, 128 hours. Frnui St. Joseph to Carson City, 118 hours. From St. Joseph to Placerville, 22G hours. From St Joseph to Sacramento, 232 hours. From St. Joseph to San Francisco, 240 hours. An express m^ssenger left once a week from eachside with not more than ten pounds of best of riders were chosen from among trap-pers, scouts and plains men, familiar with all thelife of the route, fearless, and capable of greatphysical powei, endurance and bravery. Theponies were very swift and strong, a cross be-tween the American horse atui Indian pony, andafter each run of sixty waited till the ar-rival of the messenger from the opposite direc- 43. OVERLAND PONY KXPHESS tion, when each returned. The riders were con-stauDly exposed to dangers from Indian attacksand pursued by highwaymen; and to compen-sate them for this risk they received tlie largesalary of .$1,200 a month each ; and the modestprice charged for the conveyance of businessletters was .$, gold, per quarter ounce. Atthe time of the departure of the first messengerfrom St. Joseph, a special train was run over theHannibal and St Joseph Railroad to bring thethrough messenger from New York, and a PontfExpress Extra was issued of two pages, by theSt. Joseph Daily Gazette^ containing telegraphicnews from allparts of thewoild, with aheavily leadedaccount of thenew enterprise,and send i n ggreetings to thepress of Califor-nia. The routefrom St Joseph,after reachin
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