Here are some of the facts about the Pony Express. The Pony Express was in service from April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861. The youngest Pony Express rider was 11 years old. His name was Charlie Miller but everyone called him Broncho Charlie. Remembering that the territories west of Missouri were not all states yet, the Pony Express riders crossed what are the present day states Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada to reach California. Mail that arrived in Sacramento was transported to San Francisco overnight by boat. There were approximately 165 Pony Express stations. Lincoln’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, reached Sacramento in only 7 days and 17 hours! It was telegraphed from Washington D.C. to Kearney, Nebraska, then taken by Pony Express to Folsom, California, and from there it was telegraphed to Sacramento and finally published.

This is a picture of Charlie Miller or Broncho Charlie.

One of the home station on the Pony Express route.