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Definition of Pony express
1. Noun. Express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pony Express
Literary usage of Pony express
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and by Thomas Brownfield Searight (1894)
"In the year 1835 or 6, Amos Kendall, being Postmaster-General, placed on the road
a line of couriers, called the "pony express." It was intended to carry ..."
2. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains: Reminiscences and Thrilling Incidents of by John Wesley Clampitt (1888)
"THE pony express —FROM RIVER TO OCEAN —THE STORY OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT—THE WAGER
BETWEEN THE OCEAN EXPRESS AND THE OVERLAND FIRM OF RUSSELL, MAJORS, ..."
3. A History of California: The American Period by Robert Glass Cleland (1922)
"... MAIL AND THE pony express BEFORE the building of railroads, one of the most
serious problems California had to face, from a social and political, ..."
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