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"I, [name], do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while I am a worker of Russell, Majors, and Waddell, I will, for no reason, use profane vocabulary, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or deal with with every other worker of the organization, and that in every respect I will perform myself honestly, be faithful to my responsibilities, and so immediate all my acts as to earn the assurance of my employers, so help me God." (The oath taken by Pony Express riders) Although it was only in operation for about 18 months, the Pony Express remains the most famous and romanticized mailing system in American history. It still instantly brings to head all the old designs of the untamed frontier and the Wild West. Starting quickly before the Civil War erupted over the United States, the Pony Express linked the east and western with riders deliver email from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California - a option create by past explorations and something of relay channels and waypoints. When employed in perfect unison, the Pony Express dramatically lessen enough time it took to go to California, with the email traveling almost 1,900 kilometers to California just 10 days and nights after the start of the quest in Missouri. Normally, the Pony Express also ran from western to east as well. Of course part of the allure of the Pony Express is in the manner it challenged riders and horses, which ties it to Us citizens' fond visions of the frontier as an untamed panorama that only the most pioneering and robust individuals could survive. At the same time, the Pony Express needed small riders to lessen the weight being carried by the horses.
