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Pony express was a mail delivery service that operated between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, in 1860 and 1861. The pony express consisted of relays of men riding fast ponies or horses that carried letters and small packages across a 1,966-mile (3,164-kilometer) trail. These riders could deliver mail to California in 10 days or less, faster than any other mail service of that time. Previously, mail traveled between California and areas east of the Mississippi River only by… More »
Bozeman, BOHZ muhn, Trail, was a route that travelers of the 1860's used to reach gold fields in... More >>
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was a waterway planned to connect the Potomac and Ohio rivers.... More >>
Chisholm, CHIHZ uhm, Trail was a famous route that Texas cowboys used in driving cattle herds... More >>
El Camino Real, ehl kah MEE noh ray AHL, was an early California highway. It is Spanish for The... More >>
Mohawk Trail was a route westward along the Mohawk River from the Hudson River to the Great... More >>
Natchez Trace was an important commercial and military route between Nashville, Tennessee, and... More >>
National Road. In the early 1800's, many pioneers began moving into the territory west of the... More >>
Oregon Trail was the longest of the great overland routes used in the westward expansion of the... More >>
Pony express was a mail delivery service that operated between St. Joseph, Missouri, and... More >>
Santa Fe, san tuh FAY, Trail was one of the longest commercial routes in the United States in the... More >>
Wilderness Road was an important pioneer road. In March 1775, the American pioneer Daniel Boone... More >>
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