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On April 3rd, 1860, the Pony Express started. The
first rider named Henry Wallace left St. Joseph,
Missouri. On April 13th the last rider reached
Sacramento, California. To become a rider you had to
be a brave young man, and an orphan, because it was a
dangerous job. They had to be very good riders, and
able to shoot well. And they must not fear Indian
attacks. Every rider had to ride sixty miles at very
high speed. He had to travel the 60 miles with six
different ponies and in six hours. Every day except on
Sundays a rider left Missouri at 12 o'clock. The rider
in Sacramento arrived at 8 o'clock in the morning. The
pony express lasted only for one and a half-year. The
completion of the transcontinental telegraph line
between Missouri and California was the reason the
pony express ended. "Tele" means distant and
"graphein" means to write, in Greek. They could send
messages and news over long distance. The first
inventor of the telegraph was Samuel Finley Breese......

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