Discusses the eighteen month history, officially beginning April 3, 1860, of the mail delivery between Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, known as the Pony Express.
Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861.
Follow the path of the first rider along the trail from Missouri to California, an eleven day trip despite harsh weather and dangerous animals, to deliver mail to the far coast of America.