History Of The Pony Express
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In 1953, Charlton Heston and Rhonda Fleming starred in a great epic movie,
Pony Express, (a strong adventure that depicted when America’s destiny rode
in the saddle bags of horses) collecting mails from door to door across the
United States of America. This came to be an opening, more than one and a
half centuries later, for courier services; the state of the art
communication that are used in the 21st Century.For all the history and
the lore of the pony express, many of us have forgotten the entire story
that played itself out in the 1860’s. Before the pony express, mails were
delivered to the west coast by trains running on steam power. The trains
followed a specific but long route because of the demands of building rails
on flat surface. The great minds of two William brothers, Russell and
Waddell and A. Majors literally put together the pony express in a period of
two months. With more than 120 riders on hand for this job, it proved to be
one of the first innovative ideas in the world. It was through this idea
that the Lincoln inaugural address was delivered to the US citizens in less
than nine days.
As exciting as it was, all good things have to come to an end. The Pony
Express as a business venture was a failure. Many historians attribute its
demise to the financial failure and the rise of other competitive postal
services such as the Transcontinental Telegraph. But to date, it is still a
fascinating idea and example to the rest of the world as it shows the
know-how and determination of America to rise as a superpower.
In 1960, just after the re-enactment of the movie Pony Express, a group
of individuals formed an association, the National Pony Express Centennial.
It was used to promote the services that were rendered by the Pony Express.
A small group of riders sought ways of trying to revive it. They carried
over 60,000 mail pieces in the first few months of their operation. However,
in the early 1980s, the service ended not knowing how many non philatelic
pony express covers existed.
All in all, the Pony Express is not just a story; it’s a reminder of
where the human race has come from in the postal services era, right from
the civil times to modern times. Life changed for the better of it, but the
history still lives on
Octavius Augustus Williams, a U.S. Capitol barber was the first black to
move into LeDroit Park in 1893. To date, LeDroit Park has remained intact
as home to many prominent African Americans and the Notable LeDroit Park
Residents include General William Birney, a civil war veteran, who owned
the stately mansion on Anna J. Cooper circle. Others are senator Edward
Brook, who was the first Black to win the popular vote, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche,
the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace prize, General Benjamin
O. Davis Sr., who was the first Black general, Hon. Oscar De Priest who
was the first black congressman since reconstruction, Paul Laurence Dunbar
who was a black poet laureate and a Howard university Alumnus, Duke Ellington
who is a jazz legend, Major Christian Fleetwood who was one of the first
blacks to be awarded the medal of honor. Julia West Hamilton, a civil leader
and member of N.A.C.W. Rev. Jesse Jackson who is a famous civil rights activist
who once contended for the Diplomatic ticket to ran for the presidency,
Earnest Everett Just, a professor in biology, Dr. Jesse Lawson and his fellow
educator Dr. Anna J. Cooper, Willis Richards, a prominent playwright credited
with having the first serious play to be performed on Broadway, Mary Church
Terrell, Walter Washington who was the first mayor of DC elected under home
rule, Clarence Cameron White, a prominent violinist educator, and Dr. Garne
C. Wilkinson, a superintendent of colored schools during segregation. |
