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Before the telegraph reached the West,

how could a letter cross America

quickly? On April 3, 1860, the Pony

Express began. Young riders carried the

mail on fast horses from St. Joseph,

Missouri, to Sacramento, California,

about 1,900 miles. Every 10 to 15

miles, riders changed horses. The mail

took only about 10 days! But in October

1861, the telegraph line was finished,

and the Pony Express ended.

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