Pony Express
Preserved but no longer current.
This was the U.S. govern- ment mail system across the continent just before the days of railways and telegraphs. It ran from St. Joseph, Missouri, to the Pacific Coast and was inaugurated in 1860; less than two years later it was superseded by the electric telegraph.
Hệ thống thư từ của chính phủ Hoa Kỳ qua toàn lục địa trước khi có đường sắt và điện báo
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Pony Express” mean?
This was the U.S. govern- ment mail system across the continent just before the days of railways and telegraphs. It ran from St. Joseph, Missouri, to the Pacific Coast and was inaugurated in 1860; less than two years later it was superseded by the electric telegraph.
Is “Pony Express” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.