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Speed Beyond Humans, #16

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In April 1860, the Pony Express thundered out of St. Joseph, Missouri, with eighty riders, 400 horses, and 190 relay stations stretching nearly 2,000 miles to Sacramento. Stations were placed every 10–15 miles—the distance a horse could run before exhaustion. Riders, mostly wiry teenagers, leapt from one steaming horse onto a fresh mount in less than two minutes and carried on at full gallop. A mochila—leather saddle cover with locked mail pouches—was thrown across the saddle, carrying the nation’s most urgent communications.

In April 1860, the Pony Express thundered out of St. Joseph, Missouri, with eighty riders, 400 horses, and 190 relay stations stretching nearly 2,000 miles to Sacramento. Stations were placed every 10–15 miles—the distance a horse could run before exhaustion. Riders, mostly wiry teenagers, leapt from one steaming horse onto a fresh mount in less than two minutes and ...


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