The famous overland mail service by horseback from St. Joseph, Mo to Sacramento, Ca., began on April 3, 1860. The service lasted only 19 months completing 300 runs each way over 600,000 miles and carried more than 33,000 pieces of mail.
The famous overland mail service by horseback from St. Joseph, Mo to Sacramento, Ca., began on April 3, 1860. The service lasted only 19 months completing 300 runs each way over 600,000 miles and carried more than 33,000 pieces of mail.
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