McNeese, Tim

Documents the history of the Pony Express, which expanded to employ eighty riders who carried mail from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California; and details the dangers faced by the riders and their eventual disbandment due to the popularity and efficiency of the telegraph. Includes a time line and chronology.

Traces the story of the Westward Expansion and the development of the Transcontinental Railroad that linked the Union and Central Pacific Railroads in May 1869.