Wanted!
The Start Up
People
It Failed
War
100
Young, skinny and _____________ fellows were wanted.
What is Wiry?
100
The year the Pony express started.
When is 1857?
100
A famous messenger for the Pony Express.
Who is William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody?
100
One reason the Pony Express shut down.
What is:
-No profits
-Expensive for citizens
-telegraph lines
-The Pyramid Lake War
100
The war that was going on at the time of the Pony Express.
What is the Civil War?
200
The age requirement to be a rider for the Pony Express.
What is under 18?
200
The number of months did the Pony Express went on for.
What are 18 months?
200
Who is William H. Russell?
200
Cost to mail a letter.
What is $5 an ounce?
200
The war that contributed to the downfall of the Pony Express.
What is Pyramid Lake War?
300
The wages per week.
What is $25?
300
The number of horses needed.
What are 400 horses?
300
Who is Alexander Majors?
300
The reduced price to mail a letter.
What is $1 an ounce?
300
The Pyramid Lake War was between two groups of people.
Who are white settlers and Natives of the Washoe Hills of Nevada?
400
Creator of the Pony Express "oath".
Who is Alexander Majors?
400
The original name for the Pony Express.
What is the Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak Express?
400
Who is William B. Waddel?
400
The total cost of equipment and resources.
What is $700,000?
400
In June 1860 the Pony Express canceled operations between two cities.
What is Carson City and Salt Lake City?
500
Every ___________ was a station to switch riders and/or horses.
What are 10 miles?
500
The name of the large mail service that came before the Pony Express.
What is the Butterfield mail company?
500
The state all the founders lived at one point.
What is Missouri?
500
A US scientist that created the morse system.
Who is Samuel Morse?
500
The material the white settlers came to the Washoe Hills of Nevada in search for.
What is silver?