Hard to believe such a legendary institution only existed for such a short period of time. Later pop culture sure made it seem like that was not the case. Kudos to those brave riders.
I agree. As a non American i was baffled at the dates on the title. I figured there must be more explanation. But apparently it literally just lasted a year and fizzled out.
Have been to St Jo and the Patee House Museum & Jesse James House. Only live about a 2.5 hour drive from there. Marysville, KS, also has a statue of the Pony Express, as well as, one of the original stables. Gothenburg, KS, still has one of the original relay stations. Always enjoy exploring the Pony Express, Oregon, and California Trails in NE Kansas, and SE Nebraska. Also, am not to far from the Santa Fe Trail either.
I remember reading one rider was killed by natives, but his horse, who knew the way by instinct by that point, continued to the next station & inadvertently still delivered the mail.
14 year old in the 1860's: *Delivers mail while being raided by native americans and dies bravely* 14 year olds today: *doing cringe tiktok dances, dangerous and stupid challenges*
@@snorkyfroggy1283 tbf its only because idiots are fun to laugh at and get more famous because of that. I remember reading about a 14 year old shooting a burglar to protect his 6 year old sister just a few years ago.
Postmen then: "I rode miles through enemy territory risking my life to deliver your birthday card." Postmen now: "I knocked once and immediately fucked off because I can't be expected to wait for someone to reach the door."
For some odd reason I thought the pony express started in the 1840's or 1850's and lasted until the telegraph and trains put it out of business. Shame on me....I minored in History in college, lol.
This is awesome I love the branching out. Old west, feudal Japan, and medieval/Renaissance videos would be pretty sweet to watch your guys style on it. Keep up the great work.
The Pony Express was an nickname for the service. The official name was The Overland Express Route. It cut the travel time from the Atlantic to the Pacific to 10 days which was half the time normal delivery took by train or wagon coach. It was the only delivery service for many prospectors in the mountains during the gold rush. Riders had strict limits on the weight of their mail bags being no more than 20 pounds. In all of its troubles, the service only lost 1 bag of mail, and that was found and delivered to a Post Office 2 years later.
14 year olds in the wild west: *shooting for food taking care to the farm have jobs* 14 years old now: bro give you 10 bucks if you scream I Like fish OH BET
I live in Nevada there are several pony express stations near by; if you are able I recommend visiting these historical locations. Fort Churchill, pretty cool.
14 year old in the 1860's: Riding a horse through the country, passing in Indian territory, in the start of the Civil War. 14 year old nowadays: Cringe TikToks, Belly Eyelash, Cringe "Deep" posts, Thinks it can commit murder and can get away with it but it can't ask for extra ketchup in McDonalds, uses Depression and Suicide for attention. (Wait isn't the last one Gacha Kids?)
A couple of points. The Pony Express was not part of the US Post Office. It was a private company, owned and operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. Second, what you referred to as 'staging stations' were called 'home stations' where the rider was replaced by a new one.. Between them were 'swing stations' where a new horse was ready at each of them. The distances varied widely. For instance, between the home stations of Seneca and Marysville, KS, there is a distance of just over 30 miles. Between the two, there were two swing stations, Ash Point and Guittard's. Marysville is about 112 miles west of St Joseph, and there were only two home stations between them, with 11 relay stations strung out along the route, so the average distance between them was less than 10 miles. Whilst I'm not an expert by any means, I did grow up on the trail, have often visited the Pony Express Museum in my hometown of Marysville and the museum in the Hollenberg relay station, the only unaltered Pony Express building on the route. Also, growing up, I had friends who lived in the (very much altered) Guittard's relay station building.
Another outstanding video from this amazing channel. I hope to see the U.S Cavalry on this channel soon, either fighting in the Civil War or on the western plains.
If I'm not mistaken, it seems like one of the last living Pony Express riders used to live near me. She lived by a big creek at a point that is really popular for launching canoes and kayaks. You would just pay her a few bucks and cut through her field and launch. She was up over 100 years old years ago when I still used to go kayaking. Seems like I remember reading about her being a Pony Express rider in the newspaper right around the time she died. Maybe I'm mistaken or something - maybe it was just something similar - but that's the way I understood it.
We learned about this in U.S. history today. I swear y’all got some sorta history book and follow along with the curriculum sometimes cause this has happened more than once
Simple History is an awsome channel. It would be cool to see them do a few one off pro wrestling videos. Like Dark Side of the Ring on Vice tv. Tell some of the tragic or downright insane real life storys of wrestlings rich history. Its a business where fact is often stranger than fiction.
Wow, this is one of the first videos from simple history i jave enjoyed in a long time. No sponsor that takes up 1/4 of the run time, no click bait title/thumbnail, and was overall very professional.
And then post war youd have the railroad being able to deliver mail and packages as well. Thae Pony Express wouldnt have lasted for very long but man was it a god idea for the time.
My third great grandfather rode with the Pony Express. He experienced it all... Indian attacks, Gunfights, Hard winters. Man lived a thousand different lives. They truly don’t build em like they used to. R.I.P Joseph Barney Wintle 1841-1916 🙏🇺🇸
I can only imagine a sort of rebirth where rail transported the bulk of letters & such while the Pony Express delivered the more finely targeted locations & such…
Oh, its a reference to an old song from the 60's. Its a country ballad by Marty Robbins called "Big Iron". Its about an Arizona ranger with a big iron his hip who went into a town to take out an outlaw named Texas red, and in the song they reference that when the ranger and Texas Red dueled, the marks on Red's pistol would have numbered one and twenty more (the amount of men he killed), if he had not made a " fatal slip", by messing with the ranger with the big iron on his hip. Its a really good song, 100% would recommend. I think it is in Fallout NV too, based on the comment above, but I don't know, never played, on Fo4 and 76
Do you think Magellan TV would ask Simple History to make a video about the Battle of Mactan (April 27, 1521) for its 500th anniversary? This is the battle that lead to the death of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
No, just because 14 year olds today aren’t willing to risk their lives doesn’t mean they’re cringe it means society has advanced past the point of needing to put literal kids in danger of dying and instead make them focus on what they enjoy doing you redditors.
1860s Pony Express Employees: swear an oath not to fight fellow workers and always carry out duty to deliver customer parcels, not matter the weather conditions or how many tribes chase you down with arrows 2021 Amazon Employees: if you have a pulse we’ll give you a sweet van to drive!
RDR2 loves bizarre Easter Eggs so much, I'm kinda surprised you don't get to find the dilapidated skeleton of a Pony Express rider out in the desert. Could have picked up very old letters of him that would offer some insight into the world of RDR
Thank You for this interesting and informative video. Apologies if my following statement is false but I think I have seen a video about Pony Expresss on this channel some time ago,could be dating back 2,3 or more years. I even recongise some of the narration,so I'm curious if this video is a reupload. Regardless, Thank You Simple History for putting out high-quality content that is both educational and entertaining in this man's humble opinion. I hope everyone reading is having a wonderful day/evening.
That 14 year old kid was a beast of a kid man. Think about it, he probably had a six shooter revolver or a lever action rifle, or maybe both and took down 7 men alone.
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After the internet goes, I'll be applying for this job field.
👍
But instead of one horse, you would have 200 to 500 horses.
Meanwhile, in Texas...
@Isaac Vaughn if I ever see his name on the list , I'm pulling out of that job.
Eh. Just play new vegas
Hard to believe such a legendary institution only existed for such a short period of time. Later pop culture sure made it seem like that was not the case. Kudos to those brave riders.
The idea itself wasn’t new. This practice was done in ancient times. The company just figured to reuse this and jackpot. It’s free real estate.
@@S0ULJA006 True. But that jackpot sure didn't get far enough, and some of those riders met tragic ends in the civil war.
It was inspired by a similar idea from the Mongol Empire
in America maybe but it existed in Persia from Ancient Persian Empire until later 19th century and arrival of Telegram
I agree. As a non American i was baffled at the dates on the title. I figured there must be more explanation. But apparently it literally just lasted a year and fizzled out.
I'm from St. Joseph and our city loves the pony express. We even have a statue of a rider in our town square.
I would love to see that. History is fascinating
I loved St. Joseph when I was there. My favorite places were the Glore psychiatric museum and the Heaton-Bowman-Smith funeral museum.
Have been to St Jo and the Patee House Museum & Jesse James House. Only live about a 2.5 hour drive from there. Marysville, KS, also has a statue of the Pony Express, as well as, one of the original stables. Gothenburg, KS, still has one of the original relay stations. Always enjoy exploring the Pony Express, Oregon, and California Trails in NE Kansas, and SE Nebraska. Also, am not to far from the Santa Fe Trail either.
I’m also from saint Joseph
Nice
14 year old rider going across 1860s America and killing 7 of his assailants before going down ?
Damn. What a chad.
Something you no longer see with todays generation...
@@lasombra1469 okay boomer
@@afinoxi well he's right in some way
@@lasombra1469 I’m gonna do what I can to change that
@@giuseppenasca2091 well yes, in some way. The unfortunate side effect of “protective” laws is that youth aren’t made to be or seen as actual people
I remember reading one rider was killed by natives, but his horse, who knew the way by instinct by that point, continued to the next station & inadvertently still delivered the mail.
I used to work for securicor pony express in the uk, never got to shoot anyone though... As much as i would have liked.
I reported a dumbass
@RITA - F**UСК МЕ stop it
@@debmalyabanerjee5154 I reported a snowflake.
14 year old in the 1860's: *Delivers mail while being raided by native americans and dies bravely*
14 year olds today: *doing cringe tiktok dances, dangerous and stupid challenges*
I'm not even surprised we went to this
😂
@@snorkyfroggy1283 tbf its only because idiots are fun to laugh at and get more famous because of that. I remember reading about a 14 year old shooting a burglar to protect his 6 year old sister just a few years ago.
He died trespassing through someone’s land.
@La Sombra What a very boomer quote.
Desire to reinstall Red Dead 2 INTENSIFIES🤠
I’d have that too if I uninstalled it
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~aaaaaaaaaaaa
Desire to even get Red Dead 2 intensifies for me since I don't even have it lol (yes this comment is late, no I don't care)
@@anoriginalname410 his comment is older than the video itself lol
@@ydlmav cuz the video is unlisted
Wish for video about the M1911A1 and the 45ACP in the future.
Same here
I agree 👍
Yes
Lol the pony express ended because the USSR influenced our politicians to disrupt our communication systems
Since they gave us a video about the M1 Garand i agree
These dang whipper snappers and their new fangled telegraph machines!
Postmen then: "I rode miles through enemy territory risking my life to deliver your birthday card."
Postmen now: "I knocked once and immediately fucked off because I can't be expected to wait for someone to reach the door."
For some odd reason I thought the pony express started in the 1840's or 1850's and lasted until the telegraph and trains put it out of business. Shame on me....I minored in History in college, lol.
me too lmao. mandela effect
It is understandable as much as it is said about it you'd think it was a staple for many years.
To anyone who is wondering, the background music is called “Horses to water”
Thank you.
This is awesome I love the branching out. Old west, feudal Japan, and medieval/Renaissance videos would be pretty sweet to watch your guys style on it. Keep up the great work.
United Sates Postal Service
: Well get there in no less than 5 minutes
Pony Express : I get it there in 4 days
Pony Express faster than the PO
5 minutes with modern strutures like highway and roads
4 days with lone horse in the wild wasteland of the 1800s with no surrounding shops or people
That damn Wells Fargo looks like they might have a habit of forgetting about their employees..
Just happened to close my account with them several days ago. So very glad I did.
The Pony Express was an nickname for the service. The official name was The Overland Express Route. It cut the travel time from the Atlantic to the Pacific to 10 days which was half the time normal delivery took by train or wagon coach. It was the only delivery service for many prospectors in the mountains during the gold rush. Riders had strict limits on the weight of their mail bags being no more than 20 pounds. In all of its troubles, the service only lost 1 bag of mail, and that was found and delivered to a Post Office 2 years later.
Me who learned about the pony express in 5th grade: Oh I know this.
Exactly!
Yo! I vaguely remember it, yeah.
I did in 4th grade lol
That's one weird school you went to
@@freddyboy800 I lived in the desert area of California. It was there own history
14 year olds in the wild west: *shooting for food taking care to the farm have jobs*
14 years old now: bro give you 10 bucks if you scream I Like fish OH BET
Sorry there are gun safety laws.
Amazing how fast technology changes everything
My Little Pony in real life, colorized.
I found this random comment Aaaaaa
2:50 man what an American legend. I’m surprised I’ve never heard of this boy.
You should make one on Wild Bill Hickock, also, Billy is holding a colt SAA, which was first produced in 1873.
I live in Nevada there are several pony express stations near by; if you are able I recommend visiting these historical locations. Fort Churchill, pretty cool.
14 year old in the 1860's: Riding a horse through the country, passing in Indian territory, in the start of the Civil War.
14 year old nowadays: Cringe TikToks, Belly Eyelash, Cringe "Deep" posts, Thinks it can commit murder and can get away with it but it can't ask for extra ketchup in McDonalds, uses Depression and Suicide for attention. (Wait isn't the last one Gacha Kids?)
For the last one, yes and it’s the same for a bunch of other types of kids
Wild West never gets old :')
yep
Thank you for the video
As a non-American, if it wasn’t for this video, I would’ve never understood a single pony express joke
A couple of points. The Pony Express was not part of the US Post Office. It was a private company, owned and operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company.
Second, what you referred to as 'staging stations' were called 'home stations' where the rider was replaced by a new one.. Between them were 'swing stations' where a new horse was ready at each of them. The distances varied widely. For instance, between the home stations of Seneca and Marysville, KS, there is a distance of just over 30 miles. Between the two, there were two swing stations, Ash Point and Guittard's. Marysville is about 112 miles west of St Joseph, and there were only two home stations between them, with 11 relay stations strung out along the route, so the average distance between them was less than 10 miles.
Whilst I'm not an expert by any means, I did grow up on the trail, have often visited the Pony Express Museum in my hometown of Marysville and the museum in the Hollenberg relay station, the only unaltered Pony Express building on the route. Also, growing up, I had friends who lived in the (very much altered) Guittard's relay station building.
"Ingenious solution"?
Weren't the Romans doing relay postal services 2000 years prior?
The incans did this 24/7 as well, minus the horses of course
Since the 1500's there was an established postal service with riders in central Europe - (Germany (Holy Roman Empire), Austria, Netherlands etc.)
I think the Persians were doing it first.
The ones who did it frequently over VERY long distances in hostile terrain
Were the Mongols
Genghis Khan had a similar system but he had riders jump from horse to horse to cut all time loss
Another outstanding video from this amazing channel. I hope to see the U.S Cavalry on this channel soon, either fighting in the Civil War or on the western plains.
I read it as "The Polar Express". 😂
That movie is so old
I thought it was about polar express until I clicked on it
Pony Express - TransContinental Railroad - Telegraph - Telephone.....I GET IT NOW!
If I'm not mistaken, it seems like one of the last living Pony Express riders used to live near me. She lived by a big creek at a point that is really popular for launching canoes and kayaks. You would just pay her a few bucks and cut through her field and launch. She was up over 100 years old years ago when I still used to go kayaking. Seems like I remember reading about her being a Pony Express rider in the newspaper right around the time she died. Maybe I'm mistaken or something - maybe it was just something similar - but that's the way I understood it.
No females rode .
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Video: 16 seconds ago
What.
Edit: oh yeah they're exclusive members
Yeah I just noticed that. What’s that all about?
I think they are exclusive members or something, as they can get videos a bit earlier
its because of the members they have early access to the videos
They also have a military rank insignia badge by their name on this channel
I’d like to see a video on the history of scalping and the significance behind it.
Who wants to re-create this in Red Dead Redemption 2?
Already did.
Attempt #4
Should add a series on every WW2 operation
Yes
"Y'all got a parcel!" - Fairly Odd Parents - Odd, Odd West
Still probably got Mail delivered faster than USPS did in 2021. I’m still waiting on a card my mom sent on 02/01/2021 and it’s almost March now!
Need video about the Bradley IFVs in the future.
That would be awesome I would love to hear about its development I heard it was interesting
RUclips Pentagon Wars Bradley Evolution. This is how it usually works out.
@Jacob Klein he is a member he paid for early access
@@df006 thanks for telling
@@pyeitme508 np
I always wondered about the Pony Express. Thank you for sharing!
If the 14 year old just ran towards the crate and grabbed it, he would've unlocked the Gatling.
Why did I think of that old movie: The Polar Express..
Exactly
It remembered me of the Mojave Express from Fallout New Vegas.
@@NautilusSSN571
That game got me to like Fallout a lot, so me being new is why I like Fallout 4 while many didn’t like it
Cowboy advice
1) Be rooting
2) Be tootin
3) be good at shooting
4) be nice
This gave me a nostalgic feeling from that one Lucky Luke comic book :)
Butters! You are grounded mister
Noice and literally first 🥇 Yee Haw! To my enemies, I shall say: "You've yeeted ya last haw!" 🤣😂
History is the best subject 🔥
I wish there is a video for good canons (old ones, like on wooden ships)
I live near part of the P.E. in Utah. Its a whole lot of dirt road and nothing. A few mines and if your lucky you will see a bunch of wild horses.
Very good!
We learned about this in U.S. history today. I swear y’all got some sorta history book and follow along with the curriculum sometimes cause this has happened more than once
Simple History is an awsome channel. It would be cool to see them do a few one off pro wrestling videos. Like Dark Side of the Ring on Vice tv. Tell some of the tragic or downright insane real life storys of wrestlings rich history. Its a business where fact is often stranger than fiction.
Wow, this is one of the first videos from simple history i jave enjoyed in a long time. No sponsor that takes up 1/4 of the run time, no click bait title/thumbnail, and was overall very professional.
You guys are the best.
And then post war youd have the railroad being able to deliver mail and packages as well. Thae Pony Express wouldnt have lasted for very long but man was it a god idea for the time.
It was a good idea at the time. While at the same time better technology came about. It happens a lot.
@@MandalorV7 that it does. They did what they had to too make it work no matter the risks.
My third great grandfather rode with the Pony Express. He experienced it all... Indian attacks, Gunfights, Hard winters. Man lived a thousand different lives. They truly don’t build em like they used to. R.I.P Joseph Barney Wintle 1841-1916 🙏🇺🇸
Wow, in 1861 they can deliver mail anywhere in the country in just a few days but it takes 2 weeks for my package to arrive by plane and car.
Was this a private business or operated by the USPS?
Private business. Basically what FedEx and UPS do today.
Do the defense of Peking 1900 for a video
"hey chief there is a white man on a horse what do we do"
"oh thats my mail"
it's not funny at all.Delete this comment please.
@@mihailpisarov6849 OH NO I HAVE BEEN CALLED UNFUNNY AAAAAA IMA END IT ALL
I can only imagine a sort of rebirth where rail transported the bulk of letters & such while the Pony Express delivered the more finely targeted locations & such…
I even complain if I have to pay $5.00 for shipping today, let alone 180 years ago
Did they carry a big iron on their hip?
The courier liked that
No, he made a slip.
Oh, its a reference to an old song from the 60's. Its a country ballad by Marty Robbins called "Big Iron". Its about an Arizona ranger with a big iron his hip who went into a town to take out an outlaw named Texas red, and in the song they reference that when the ranger and Texas Red dueled, the marks on Red's pistol would have numbered one and twenty more (the amount of men he killed), if he had not made a " fatal slip", by messing with the ranger with the big iron on his hip. Its a really good song, 100% would recommend. I think it is in Fallout NV too, based on the comment above, but I don't know, never played, on Fo4 and 76
Yall should Do a episode about the waco seige
Thanks for another wild west episode! Really love them!👍
"Nieeeeeeeeeeh"!
-Pony Express mailman's horse, 1860
Yes
I remember those days. When I used to ride on wind.
I remember pony express from.the game GUN, very good memories!
This is odd considering I drove past one of the old stations yesterday and that I began my trip from St.Joseph to California for work Thursday.
Do you think Magellan TV would ask Simple History to make a video about the Battle of Mactan (April 27, 1521) for its 500th anniversary? This is the battle that lead to the death of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
No, just because 14 year olds today aren’t willing to risk their lives doesn’t mean they’re cringe it means society has advanced past the point of needing to put literal kids in danger of dying and instead make them focus on what they enjoy doing you redditors.
1:11 yeah they "came up" with a technique that was known through the ages before US of A even existed
Son: mom can we rent the Polar express
Mom: We already have the Polar express at home
Polar express at home:
"Im the mailman"
-Pony Express mailman, 1860
1860s Pony Express Employees: swear an oath not to fight fellow workers and always carry out duty to deliver customer parcels, not matter the weather conditions or how many tribes chase you down with arrows
2021 Amazon Employees: if you have a pulse we’ll give you a sweet van to drive!
Alternative title: my little pony dark origins
In Tow Story Have Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper Wirking by the Pony Espress. San Francisco - Carston City. And of Two Citys.
Love it simple history
Funny, I was having daydreams of being a gun-toting motorcycle courier for a dystopian post-apocalyptic America just a few minutes ago.
@Saxon Not for a while. You got time. The world has been doing the slow “crash and burn” for a few years now.
Keep practicing. lol
RDR2 loves bizarre Easter Eggs so much, I'm kinda surprised you don't get to find the dilapidated skeleton of a Pony Express rider out in the desert. Could have picked up very old letters of him that would offer some insight into the world of RDR
Could you do a history of “war dogs” starting from the Roman Empire with the use of their Molossian all the way to modern dogs with the US Army
Thank You for this interesting and informative video. Apologies if my following statement is false but I think I have seen a video about Pony Expresss on this channel some time ago,could be dating back 2,3 or more years. I even recongise some of the narration,so I'm curious if this video is a reupload. Regardless, Thank You Simple History for putting out high-quality content that is both educational and entertaining in this man's humble opinion. I hope everyone reading is having a wonderful day/evening.
Ride Pony, Ride 🐎💨
I was under the impression that the pony express took place from the 1870's to the 1880's.
Im native n i have a belt full of scalps.
I learned more on here than I did in AP U.S History back in high school 😂
That one Google Doodle game got me really into the Pony Express history to be honest
can you make a video abaut the fight for the heavy water
Imagine if they woukd have had ten more years to work with, ten more years without telegram or civil war, how different things could have been.
This is badass
My little pony taken to a whole new level
Me as asian had to watch the whole video holding a calculator in hand as they dont mention any measurement in kilometers.
When I was 14 I was trying to find out how to get Minecraft for free.
We all were there man
And when I was 15, I got it.
My little cousin the same
Now
Dschingis Khan used the same method.
*Mojave Express*
I'll hold your beer.
FINALLLYYYYY
That 14 year old kid was a beast of a kid man. Think about it, he probably had a six shooter revolver or a lever action rifle, or maybe both and took down 7 men alone.
I have Spanish Mustangs, the breed that the Pony Express. One heckuva durable horse. These mustangs win the long distance races.
"It only takes us ten days! Well, the Telegraph only takes 10 seconds!"