The Story of the Pony Express (eBook, ePUB) - Bradley, Glenn D.
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The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U. S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental needs arising from the settling of the western frontier. Here we learn of the inception of the Pony Express, its formation, successes, failures, facts, statistics, combined with many anecdotes and names of the people who were an integral part of this incredible entity which lasted but less than two years, yet was instrumental in the successful…mehr

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The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U. S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental needs arising from the settling of the western frontier. Here we learn of the inception of the Pony Express, its formation, successes, failures, facts, statistics, combined with many anecdotes and names of the people who were an integral part of this incredible entity which lasted but less than two years, yet was instrumental in the successful settlement of two thirds of the land mass comprising the expanding country.
Autorenporträt
Author Glenn D. Bradley was born on April 12, 1884, in Kinderhook, Michigan, in the United States. Later, in 1930, he passed away in Toledo, Ohio, in the USA. Bradley graduated from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in history. He worked as a history teacher in a number of high schools before rising to the position of associate professor at Toledo, Ohio's Municipal University. He also briefly taught English at Michigan University. He belonged to a number of organizations dedicated to the progress of history. In Toledo, Ohio, on January 4, 1930, he passed away. The novels Winning the Southwest: A Story of Conquest (about 1912), The Story of the Pony Express (1913), Fort Meigs in the War of 1812 (1930), and The Story of the Santa Fe (approximately 1920) are a few examples of his writings. The Pony Express made it possible to send a message from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, more quickly than ever before.