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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:email_client
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:American_Old_West
19th-century United States history
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gptkbp:distance
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approximately 1,900 miles
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gptkbp:endDate
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October 26, 1861
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:William_B._Waddell
gptkb:Alexander_Majors
gptkb:William_H._Russell
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:St._Joseph,_Missouri
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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symbol of the American Old West
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Pony Express
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gptkbp:legacy
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subject of books and films
commemorated by U.S. Postal Service stamps
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gptkbp:mailCarried
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newspapers
letters
government dispatches
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gptkbp:mailDeliveryTime
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about 10 days
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gptkbp:notableDriver
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gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkb:Jack_Keetley
gptkb:Robert_Haslam
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gptkbp:numberOfStations
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about 184
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Central_Overland_California_and_Pikes_Peak_Express_Company
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gptkbp:operationalPeriod
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19 months
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gptkbp:purpose
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fast mail delivery
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:transcontinental_telegraph
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gptkbp:route
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gptkb:California
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:Nevada
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:Wyoming
gptkb:St._Joseph,_Missouri
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gptkbp:routeEnd
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gptkb:Sacramento,_California
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gptkbp:startDate
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April 3, 1860
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gptkbp:usedHorses
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yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bert_Lindley
gptkb:Duke_Paoa_Kahinu_Mokoe_Hulikohola_Kahanamoku
gptkb:Otho_Lovering
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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