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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Asturisch" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81" title="Пони Експрес – Bulgaars" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пони Експрес" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Bretons" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Bretons" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Catalaans" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Tsjechisch" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Tsjechisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony-Express" title="Pony-Express – Duits" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pony-Express" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="Duits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Engels" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Engels" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poneo-Ekspreso" title="Poneo-Ekspreso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Poneo-Ekspreso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Spaans" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Baskisch" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Baskisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="پونی اکسپرس – Perzisch" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پونی اکسپرس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Perzisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="aanbevolen artikel"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Fins" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Fins" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Frans" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="Frans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Galicisch" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galicisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="פוני אקספרס – Hebreeuws" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פוני אקספרס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebreeuws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Hongaars" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hongaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Indonesisch" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Italiaans" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italiaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9" title="ポニー・エクスプレス – Japans" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポニー・エクスプレス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%9E%91%EB%A7%90_%EC%86%8D%EB%8B%AC_%EC%9A%B0%ED%8E%B8" title="조랑말 속달 우편 – Koreaans" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조랑말 속달 우편" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Koreaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Maleis" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Maleis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponniekspressen" title="Ponniekspressen – Noors - Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ponniekspressen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Noors - Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Pools" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Pools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Portugees" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portugees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express_(%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90)" title="Pony Express (США) – Russisch" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Pony Express (США)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Servo-Kroatisch" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Servo-Kroatisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%91%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A" title="පෝනි එක්ස්ප්‍රස් – Singalees" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="පෝනි එක්ස්ප්‍රස්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Singalees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponnyexpressen" title="Ponnyexpressen – Zweeds" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ponnyexpressen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Zweeds" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA" title="โพนีเอกซ์เพรส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โพนีเอกซ์เพรส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96-%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81" title="Поні-експрес – Oekraïens" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Поні-експрес" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Oekraïens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express – Oezbeeks" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Pony Express" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Oezbeeks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%BF%E9%A9%AC%E5%BF%AB%E4%BF%A1%E5%88%B6" title="驿马快信制 – Chinees" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="驿马快信制" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q859130#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Taalkoppelingen bewerken" class="wbc-editpage">Koppelingen bewerken</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div 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Net voordat de post wordt overgedragen aan een nieuwe ruiter.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Pony-express-statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Pony-express-statue.jpg/260px-Pony-express-statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Pony-express-statue.jpg/390px-Pony-express-statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Pony-express-statue.jpg/520px-Pony-express-statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1460" /></a><figcaption>Monument ter nagedachtenis aan de Pony Express bij het beginpunt in Missouri.</figcaption></figure> <p>De <b>Pony Express</b> was een <a href="/wiki/Koerier" title="Koerier">koeriersdienst</a> van ruiters die <a href="/wiki/Poststuk" title="Poststuk">post</a> en kleine goederen vervoerden van <a href="/wiki/Missouri_(staat)" title="Missouri (staat)">Missouri</a> tot <a href="/wiki/Californi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Californië (hoofdbetekenis)">Californië</a>. Deze staten waren nog niet per telegraafdienst verbonden en doordat de ruiters van de Pony Express elkaar in <a href="/wiki/Estafette" title="Estafette">estafettevorm</a> afwisselden was het mogelijk om een bericht tussen de Atlantische en de Grote Oceaan te versturen in ongeveer tien dagen. De dienst bestond slechts van <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a> tot <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a> en bleek in die tijd van groot belang. De Pony Express is dan ook legendarisch en onderwerp van een aantal verhalen en films over het <a href="/wiki/Wilde_Westen" title="Wilde Westen">Wilde Westen</a>. In 1861 werd de dienst overbodig door de komst van de transcontinentale telegraafdienst. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aanleiding">Aanleiding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Aanleiding" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=1" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Aanleiding"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1848 kwam de <a href="/wiki/Californische_goldrush" title="Californische goldrush">Californische goldrush</a> op gang wat ervoor zorgde dat de staat <a href="/wiki/Californi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Californië (hoofdbetekenis)">Californië</a> versneld toetrad tot de <a href="/wiki/Verenigde_Staten_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Verenigde Staten (hoofdbetekenis)">Verenigde Staten</a>, in 1850. De bevolking groeide snel en zodoende ontstond de behoefte tot snelle communicatie tussen deze nieuwe staat en de rest van de Verenigde Staten. Daarnaast speelde de dreiging van de aankomende <a href="/wiki/Amerikaanse_Burgeroorlog" title="Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog">Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog</a>. Grote delen van de VS stonden reeds via de <a href="/wiki/Telegrafie" title="Telegrafie">telegraafdienst</a> met elkaar in verbinding maar de lijnen kwamen niet verder dan <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_(Missouri)" title="St. Joseph (Missouri)">St. Joseph</a> in het westen van <a href="/wiki/Missouri_(staat)" title="Missouri (staat)">Missouri</a>. </p><p>De Pony Express begon eigenlijk als een publiciteitsstunt met als doel een regeringscontract in de wacht te slepen voor postvervoer en werd opgezet door de <a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Overland_California_and_Pikes_Peak_Express_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company (de pagina bestaat niet)">Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company</a> een bedrijf dat al post per <a href="/wiki/Postkoets" title="Postkoets">postkoets</a> vervoerde over verschillende routes. Het beoogde contract voor postvervoer wisten ze overigens niet te verkrijgen. </p><p>Het idee was dat als een <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(telegrafie)" title="Telegram (telegrafie)">telegram</a> vanuit <a href="/wiki/New_York_(stad)" title="New York (stad)">New York</a> of <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> verstuurd zou worden naar het westelijkste telegraafstation en het bericht van daaruit met snelle koeriers te paard naar Californië gestuurd zou worden dit in tien dagen afgeleverd kon worden, mits de ruiters elkaar in <a href="/wiki/Estafette" title="Estafette">estafettevorm</a> zouden afwisselen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route">Route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Route" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=2" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Route"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg/400px-Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg/600px-Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg/800px-Pony_Express_Map_William_Henry_Jackson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8902" data-file-height="3028" /></a><figcaption>Geïllustreerde weergave van de route van de Pony Express, van <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_(Missouri)" title="St. Joseph (Missouri)">St. Joseph</a> in het westen van <a href="/wiki/Missouri_(staat)" title="Missouri (staat)">Missouri</a> naar <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_(Californi%C3%AB)" title="Sacramento (Californië)">Sacramento</a>, de hoofdstad van <a href="/wiki/Californi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Californië (hoofdbetekenis)">Californië</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>De route voer over vlakten, woestijnen en bergpassen. Deze begon in <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_(Missouri)" title="St. Joseph (Missouri)">St. Joseph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_(staat)" title="Missouri (staat)">Missouri</a> en na het oversteken van de rivier de <a href="/wiki/Missouri_(rivier)" title="Missouri (rivier)">Missouri</a> volgde deze een deel van het <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a> en het <a href="/wiki/California_Trail" title="California Trail">California Trail</a> tot aan <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bridger" title="Fort Bridger">Fort Bridger</a> in het zuidwesten van <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming (hoofdbetekenis)">Wyoming</a>. Hierna werd het <a href="/wiki/Mormon_Trail" title="Mormon Trail">Mormon Trail</a> gevolgd naar <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>. Hierna de <a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Overland_Route&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Overland Route (de pagina bestaat niet)">Central Overland Route</a> tot aan <a href="/wiki/Carson_City_(Nevada)" title="Carson City (Nevada)">Carson City</a> waarna de <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(Verenigde_Staten)" title="Sierra Nevada (Verenigde Staten)">Sierra Nevada</a> werd overgestoken naar <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_(Californi%C3%AB)" title="Sacramento (Californië)">Sacramento</a>, de hoofdstad van <a href="/wiki/Californi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Californië (hoofdbetekenis)">Californië</a> waar de <a href="/wiki/B._F._Hastings_Bank_Building" title="B. F. Hastings Bank Building">Pony Express Terminal</a> nog steeds te bezichtigen is. Na aflevering werd de post verder per boot over de rivier de <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_(rivier)" title="Sacramento (rivier)">Sacramento</a> vervoerd naar <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco (hoofdbetekenis)">San Francisco</a>. Wanneer de boot gemist werd, reden de ruiters weleens door naar <a href="/wiki/Oakland_(Californi%C3%AB)" title="Oakland (Californië)">Oakland</a>. </p><p>Om deze route van circa 3.100 km zo snel mogelijk af te kunnen leggen werden langs de route 184 wisselpunten opgezet, elk op een afstand van elkaar gepositioneerd dat een paard deze constant in galop kon overbruggen. Variërend van 8 tot 40 km van elkaar, afhankelijk van het terrein. Op elk wisselpunt nam de ruiter een nieuw paard en reed naar het volgende station. Na zo'n 120 km werd ook de ruiter afgewisseld. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werkwijze">Werkwijze</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Werkwijze" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=3" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Werkwijze"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG/260px-Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG/390px-Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG/520px-Gothenburg_Pony_Express_Station_from_SW.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2013" data-file-height="930" /></a><figcaption>Een wisselstation in <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg_(Nebraska)" title="Gothenburg (Nebraska)">Gothenburg (Nebraska)</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>De posttas (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mochila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mochila (de pagina bestaat niet)">mochila</a></i>) was speciaal voor de Pony Express ontworpen. Hij moest geschikt zijn om snel naar een ander paard te worden overgebracht. Hij werd over het zadel gegooid en op de plaats gehouden door er op te gaan zitten. Elke hoek had een zak (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cantina (de pagina bestaat niet)">cantina</a>) waarin de bundels post werden gestopt. De <i>mochila</i> kon ongeveer tien kilo post bevatten. Verder had de ruiter proviand en een <a href="/wiki/Revolver_(wapen)" title="Revolver (wapen)">revolver</a> bij zich. </p><p>Bij de nadering van een wisselstation blies de ruiter op een hoorn om zijn komst aan te kondigen, maar ongetwijfeld werd de hoorn slechts enkele minuten voor zijn komst gehoord, zodat de bemanning van het wisselstation er al eerder voor moest zorgen dat er een vers paard gezadeld klaar stond. De ruiter nam bij het wisselstation de <i>mochila</i> met zich mee. Naar verluidt werd er dag en nacht doorgereden, maar dat was waarschijnlijk alleen bij <a href="/wiki/Volle_maan_(astronomie)" title="Volle maan (astronomie)">volle maan</a> mogelijk. Ook is er twijfel of de route 's winters altijd volledig gereden werd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_gebruik">In gebruik</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Bewerk dit kopje: In gebruik" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=4" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: In gebruik"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg/260px-First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg/390px-First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg/520px-First_Eastbound_Pony_Express_Apr3_1860.jpg 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Een brief die met de eerste rit van west naar oost ging</figcaption></figure> <p>De Pony Express werd in gebruik genomen op <a href="/wiki/3_april" title="3 april">3 april</a> <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a> en op die dag ging er zowel vanuit Sacramento als vanuit St. Joseph een ruiter op pad. De post werd in beide gevallen op 14 april afgeleverd. Tijdens de <a href="/wiki/Amerikaanse_presidentsverkiezingen_1860" title="Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen 1860">Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen 1860</a> werd in extra ruiters geïnvesteerd om de route nog sneller af te kunnen leggen en toen <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Lincoln (hoofdbetekenis)">Abraham Lincoln</a> als winnaar werd aangewezen stond dit nieuws al binnen acht dagen in Californië in de krant. De route was toen overigens al iets korter geworden doordat de telegraaflijnen verder doorgetrokken waren en de route nu van <a href="/wiki/Kearney_(Nebraska)" title="Kearney (Nebraska)">Kearney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska (hoofdbetekenis)">Nebraska</a> tot aan <a href="/wiki/Carson_City_(Nevada)" title="Carson City (Nevada)">Carson City</a> in Nevada liep waar het bericht verder per telegraaf ging. </p><p>Toen in mei 1860 een oorlog uitbrak met de <a href="/wiki/Paiute" title="Paiute">Paiute</a>-indianen, werd de dienst korte tijd stilgelegd en tijdens de <a href="/wiki/Amerikaanse_Burgeroorlog" title="Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog">Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog</a> werd de route sterk ingekort. Toen in oktober 1861 de oost- en westkust van de Verenigde Staten met elkaar verbonden werden door de eerste transcontinentale telegraafdienst (de <a href="/w/index.php?title=First_transcontinental_telegraph&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First transcontinental telegraph (de pagina bestaat niet)">First transcontinental telegraph</a>), werd de dienst opgeheven. De dienst had slechts 16 maanden bestaan en bleek ondanks subsidie een financiële ramp. Toch was de Pony Express als communicatiemiddel van zeer groot belang geweest. Het was tot de komst van de telegraaf de snelste vorm om berichten uit te wisselen en de snelste vorm van transport voor de komst van de spoorwegen, negen jaar later. In feite was het zelfs het bewijs voor de haalbaarheid van een transcontinentale weg en dat zo'n weg het hele jaar kon worden open gehouden wat tot die tijd voor onmogelijk werd gehouden. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ruiters">Ruiters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Ruiters" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=5" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Ruiters"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Pony_express.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Pony_express.jpg/260px-Pony_express.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="384" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Pony_express.jpg/390px-Pony_express.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Pony_express.jpg/520px-Pony_express.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="1506" /></a><figcaption>Frank E. Webner, Pony Expressruiter, ca. 1861</figcaption></figure> <p>De ruiters moesten onverschrokken, jonge (minder dan 18 jaar) mannen zijn, want er waren veel gevaren onderweg. Er wordt beweerd dat er een advertentie was waarin ruiters werden geworven en waarin stond dat <a href="/wiki/Wees_(kind)" title="Wees (kind)">weeskinderen</a> de voorkeur hadden, maar volgens de historicus Joseph Nardone is dat een verzinsel uit de 20e eeuw. De ruiters moesten natuurlijk uitstekend kunnen paardrijden. Verder mochten ze niet meer dan 50 kg wegen, zodat er meer post vervoerd kon worden. </p><p>De bekendste ruiter van de Pony Express was waarschijnlijk William Cody, beter bekend als <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill" title="Buffalo Bill">Buffalo Bill</a>. Hij was slechts 14 of 15 jaar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nalatenschap">Nalatenschap</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Nalatenschap" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=6" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Nalatenschap"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De route van de Pony Express is sinds 1992 te wandelen via het <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express_National_Historic_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pony Express National Historic Trail (de pagina bestaat niet)">Pony Express National Historic Trail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In het Pony Express National Museum worden herinneringen aan de postdienst bewaard, zoals een originele <a href="/wiki/Postzak" title="Postzak">postzak</a>. Eenmaal per jaar organiseert de National Pony Express Association een rit langs de originele route, waarin zelfs post wordt meegenomen.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zes wisselstations zijn bewaard gebleven en kunnen worden bezocht, waaronder het eindstation in Sacramento. </p><p>Verschillende <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">westerns</a> gaan over de Pony Express en deze speelt ook een rol in de televisieseries <i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza_(televisieserie)" title="Bonanza (televisieserie)">Bonanza</a></i> en <i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_West_(televisieserie)" title="Into the West (televisieserie)">Into the West</a></i>. </p><p>De Pony Express is ook opgenomen in de stripreeks <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Luke" title="Lucky Luke">Lucky Luke</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zie_ook">Zie ook</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Zie ook" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&action=edit&section=7" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Zie ook"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._F._Hastings_Bank_Building" title="B. F. Hastings Bank Building">B. F. Hastings Bank Building</a>, eindpunt in Sacramento</li></ul> <div class="interProject commons mw-list-item" style="display:none;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pony_Express#mw-subcategories" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Pony Express">Mediabestanden</a></div> <div class="interProjectTemplate interProject-groot toccolours" style="display:flex; gap:1em; align-items:center; clear:both; margin:1em 0 -0.5em 0;"> <div style="min-width:max-content;"><span class="noviewer noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/25px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/38px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/50px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div>Zie de categorie <i><b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pony_Express#mw-subcategories" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Pony Express">Pony Express</a></b></i> van <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> voor mediabestanden over dit onderwerp.</div> </div> <div class="toccolours appendix" role="presentation" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 0 -0.5em; clear:both;"> <div><span style="font-weight:bold">Bronnen, noten en/of referenties</span></div> <ul><li>Dit artikel of een eerdere versie ervan is een (gedeeltelijke) vertaling van het artikel <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express?oldid=916409750">Pony Express</a> op de Engelstalige Wikipedia, dat onder de licentie <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.nl">Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen</a> valt. Zie de <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express?offset=20190914235959&action=history">bewerkingsgeschiedenis</a></span> aldaar.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r66936091">.mw-parser-output .error-bronvermelding{color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .error-bronvermelding span{font-size:larger}</style></li></ul> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/poex/index.htm">Pony Express National Historic Trail, National Park Service</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/six-stops-on-pony-express-that-you-can-still-visit-180978604/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210917-daily-responsive&spMailingID=45639039&spUserID=ODQyMTI2NTA4MTEzS0&spJobID=2083949126&spReportId=MjA4Mzk0OTEyNgS2">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/six-stops-on-pony-express-that-you-can-still-visit-180978604/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210917-daily-responsive&spMailingID=45639039&spUserID=ODQyMTI2NTA4MTEzS0&spJobID=2083949126&spReportId=MjA4Mzk0OTEyNgS2</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Overgenomen van "<a dir="ltr" href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&oldid=66522046">https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pony_Express&oldid=66522046</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Categorie:Alles" title="Categorie:Alles">Categorieën</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Categorie:Wilde_Westen" title="Categorie:Wilde Westen">Wilde Westen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Categorie:Historische_route_in_de_Verenigde_Staten" title="Categorie:Historische route in de Verenigde Staten">Historische route in de Verenigde Staten</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Categorie:Posterijen" title="Categorie:Posterijen">Posterijen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Categorie:1860" title="Categorie:1860">1860</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Categorie:1861" title="Categorie:1861">1861</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 14 dec 2023 om 18:04.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.nl">Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen</a>, er kunnen aanvullende voorwaarden van toepassing zijn. 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