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Company type | Public company |
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Founded | April 3, 1860 |
Founder | Alexander Majors, William B. Waddell, and William Hepburn Russell[1] |
Defunct | October 26, 1861 |
Fate | Completion of Telegraph. |
Website | nationalponyexpress |
The Pony Express was a mail delivering service started on April 3, 1860. It ended on October 26, 1861.[2] It would normally deliver mail in about 10 days.[3]
On October 24, 1861, the telegraph was completed. It sent messages faster than the Pony Express.[4] The Pony Express shut down shortly after the telegraph was completed. It only lasted two days after the telegraph was first made.[5]