express service

Chronicles the eighteen-month operation of the Pony Express, explaining why and how it was created, describing the challenges faced by riders, and discussing remarkable rides and riders.

Describes the Pony Express and the rough life of riders and horses, from bad weather and wild animals, to being attacked.

Biography of businessman Frederick W. Smith who transformed Federal Express into a multibillion dollar business.

A simple introduction to the work couriers do, the tools they use, the people who help them, and their importance to the communities they serve.

Discusses the origins of the Pony Express, a group of young riders hired to carry mail on horseback as quickly as possible from St. Joseph, Missouri through the unsettled frontier to Sacramento, California, in the mid-nineteenth century, explains how the system worked, and describes the dangers riders faced along the way.

A portrait of the first Pony Express run as it gallops through the Old West.

A history of the postal service describing ways mail has been sent over the years.