alongside co-founders William Russell and William Waddell, had just two months to get the Pony Express up and running—a more complicated task than it might sound. They not only had to buy ...

The Concept: End to End In Just Ten Days The Pony Express was dreamed up by three men who were already in the shipping business: William Russell, William Waddell and Alexander Majors. Their ...

The bank's historian Robert Chandler said the Pony Express was the idea of William H. Russell, a flamboyant promoter who figured if he could start a mail and express service across the center of ...

As a result, three business men, William Russell ... On April 14, 1860, the very first mail delivered via the Pony Express reached San Francisco, just 11 days after it left St. Joseph, Mo.

On Jan. 27, 1860, partner William Russell sent a telegram to his son: “Have determined to establish a Pony Express to Sacramento, California, commencing 3rd of April. Time ten days.” ...

[laughs] The Pony Express was established by a man called William H. Russell. What sort of a man was he? And why did he create it? Russell is a fascinating character. He’s a 19 th-century ...

The Pony Express only made it eighteen months before ... Waddell, Alexander Majors and William H. Russell started the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express Company just after the 1859 Colorado gold ...

Alexander Majors, William Waddell and William Russell revolutionized the speed that information traveled in the West with the launch of the Pony Express in April 1860. They introduced a service ...

Russell, William B. Waddell and Alexander Majors — the founders of the Pony Express. Cruikshank wanted the Doodle to feel like a cartoon. “That’s why I drew a large head, a big nose and a bi ...

The Pony Express began when three freighters, Alexander Majors, William Russell, and William Waddell, devised a relay system of a series of riders that would gallop across the country as quickly ...

According to Google’s doodle team, the inspiration for the game came from the idea of “triumph through adversity” that is attached to the Pony Express. “When William H. Russell ...