transcontinental

No injuries were reported after a natural gas pipeline exploded in southeast Wyoming, temporarily blocking one of Union Pacific’s busiest rail routes.

Transcontinental mail in the United States began on Sept. 15, 1858, when the Overland Mail Service began after it won a contract to connect St. Louis to the Pacific Coast by mail within 25 days.

The Pony Express lasted only one year and was a financial failure. So why are we still talking about it today?