Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express
Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express
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Volunteers ride horseback to carry the mail and keep a 160-year-old promise alive.
Each year, hundreds of volunteers on horseback carry a single pouch of U.S. mail across eight states in ten days, retracing a route that helped unite a fracturing nation. This documentary follows Wyoming's riders racing against the clock for 56 hours across sagebrush flats, mountain passes, and high desert to deliver the mail and keep a 160-year-old promise alive.
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Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express is a local public television program presented by Wyoming PBS
Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express
Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express
Preview: Special | 1m 30s
Each year, hundreds of volunteers on horseback carry a single pouch of U.S. mail across eight states in ten days, retracing a route that helped unite a fracturing nation. This documentary follows Wyoming's riders racing against the clock for 56 hours across sagebrush flats, mountain passes, and high desert to deliver the mail and keep a 160-year-old promise alive.
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Before the Wire: The Legacy of the Pony Express is a local public television program presented by Wyoming PBS