April 3, 1860 was a day to remember. St. Joseph, Missouri streets were teaming with excitement as the Pony Express was being organized. Now the Pony Express would carry a letter from Missouri to California in ten days instead of thirty.
 
Ride the trail through the fictional eyes of young Mark Claggett and his sister, whose father ran the way station at Egan Canyon. There is excitement, hard action, courage, and a real sense of the American pioneer spirit in this book.

(pp.128) Grades 3-9.