The Pony Express
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Author's Game Description
For 18 months in 1860-61 the Pony express delivered mail. Find places along the route.
Map by the US National Park Service
Category: History Games
Created by tickman, 7 Nov, 2007
Tags: express, History, Old, pony, usa, West
4 ratingsPlayed 165 times | 0 Fav's
Dal 2 years ago
tickman 2 years ago
Oh, sorry. Never even made the connection. I knew the PE went through there, and would've put it in, but the dot would've been almost on top of the Fort Kearny dot, and there were already some close ones in this game.
Maybe when I do the Oregon Trail...
Niklas 2 years ago
And Gothenburg, Nebraska? :o)
tickman 2 years ago
For more about the subject (and the map), see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_express
and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Nevada_Route
Map alone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ponymap.jpg
This image is in the public domain.
| Highscores — The Pony Express | Place 1 - 10 | |||
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| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | World of warcraft | 100% | 0:16.2 min. | 27 Jun, 2009 |
| 2 | Drew06 | 100% | 0:16.6 min. | 27 Jun, 2009 |
| 3 | BoboLo | 100% | 0:18.8 min. | 22 Jun, 2009 |
| 4 | HuskerJosh | 100% | 0:19.1 min. | 9 Nov, 2007 |
| 5 | Nynke88 | 100% | 0:19.5 min. | 30 Jun, 2009 |
| 6 | CarpeDiem | 100% | 0:23.6 min. | 4 Jul, 2009 |
| 7 | Amazing | 100% | 0:25.9 min. | 7 Nov, 2007 |
| 8 | Aquambulushirsutus | 100% | 0:26.2 min. | 26 Feb, 2009 |
| 9 | cmrss | 100% | 0:26.3 min. | 12 Nov, 2007 |
| 10 | Itachi | 100% | 0:26.4 min. | 23 Jun, 2009 |
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Those poor ponys...