This unit begins with a 3-5 page fictional story which reveals true facts about the subject. This history/literature study guide is created to use in ten days. It has a historical short story from which all the other activities are based.a daily journal question and one other daily activity. These activities are:Day 1: Vocabulary (Define Words and Word Search)Day 2: Comprehension (True and False, Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, Fact and Opinion)Day...

Discusses the eighteen month history, officially beginning April 3, 1860, of the mail delivery between Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, known as the Pony Express.

Surveys the history of the Pony express, from its creation at the time of the Gold Rush to its demise at the start of the Civil War. Includes profiles of famous riders.

Describes the history of the Pony Express and the daring riders who risked their lives to deliver the mail.

In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento.