Instructional Video5:02
Curated Video

Wagon Trains, the Pony Express, Railroads, and Steamboats

3rd - Higher Ed
Dr. Forrester explains how the evolution of transportation provided easier access to the western region for hundreds of thousands of settlers from the eastern United States, and as a result, cities and towns developed in the west.
Instructional Video17:32
Mr. Beat

1900 Miles in 10 Days on Horseback | A Brief History of The Pony Express

6th - 12th
Mr. Beat visits the Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, to give you a brief history of the Pony Express.