Pony Express

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mail delivery service
gptkbp:annualReenactment yes
gptkbp:ceasedOperationDueTo completion of the transcontinental telegraph
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Pony_Express_Association
gptkbp:culture subject of books and movies
gptkbp:dangerousConditions attacks by Native Americans
attacks by outlaws
hostile weather
gptkbp:distance approximately 1,900 miles
gptkbp:endDate October 26, 1861
gptkbp:famousFor speedy mail delivery
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:U.S._postage_stamps
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:William_B._Waddell
gptkb:Alexander_Majors
gptkb:William_H._Russell
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:St._Joseph,_Missouri
gptkbp:historicalSignificance helped connect East and West United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pony Express
gptkbp:legacy symbol of the Old West
gptkbp:mailBagName mochila
gptkbp:mailDeliveryTime about 10 days
gptkbp:mailType newspapers
letters
government dispatches
gptkbp:nationalHistoricTrail gptkb:Pony_Express_National_Historic_Trail
gptkbp:notableDriver gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkb:Jack_Keetley
gptkb:Robert_Haslam
gptkbp:notableFauna about 400
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 200
gptkbp:numberOfRidersStarted about 80
gptkbp:numberOfStations about 184
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Central_Overland_California_and_Pikes_Peak_Express_Company
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:American_Civil_War_era
gptkbp:purpose fast mail delivery
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:transcontinental_telegraph
gptkbp:route gptkb:California
gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:Nevada
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:Wyoming
gptkb:St._Joseph,_Missouri
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:Sacramento,_California
gptkbp:routeMarkedBy historical markers
gptkbp:startDate April 3, 1860
gptkbp:usedHorses yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:North_Platte_River
gptkb:Pony_Express_National_Museum
gptkb:American_Old_West
gptkb:Wild_West
gptkb:St._Joseph,_Missouri
gptkb:SMU_Mustangs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5