[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3061, aired 1997-12-15 [PAR] It cost $5 to send a 1/2-ounce letter via this service when it began in April ... 
Virginia City was booming in the 1860s with its proximity to this... [DOC] [TLE] Pony Express - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, 
and small ... From April 3, 1860 to October 1861, it became the West's most direct 
means of .... The route started at St. Joseph, Missouri on the Missouri River, it 
then .... Pony Express mail is that the cost to send a 12-ounce (14 g) letter was 
$5.00... [DOC] [TLE] 1860-1865 timeline by tyler suski on Prezi [PAR] May 22, 2012 ... April 3, 1860 - The Pony Express began fast overland mail service, ... Letters cost 
$5 an ounce to send, and took 17-18 days to travel nearly ... The convention went 
through 54 ballots but Douglas failed to acheive the needed 2/3 of the votes. ... 
Lincoln came close (231 1/2 votes) and at that point, the Ohio... [DOC] [TLE] Publication 100 - The United States Postal Service An ... - about USPS [PAR] right to equal access to secure, efficient, and affordable mail service. For more 
than. 231 years, the Postal Service has delivered on that promise, transforming 
itself ..... fee. His efforts contributed to the. Crown's first North American profit in 
1760. ..... On April 3, 1860, the Pony Express began its run through parts of 
Missouri,. [DOC] [TLE] The Pony Express [PAR] In 1860, the telegraph line (from east to west) only went as far west as St. Joseph, 
... At first it cost $5 to send a letter weighing 1/2 an ounce to California. Later ... In 
October 1861, the first telegraph line was connected through to California. ... 
Within just two days, the Pony Express service began to die from lack of business
. [DOC] [TLE] Big Bike Solo on the Pony Express Trail (MO, KS, NE, CO, WY ... [PAR] Sep 8, 2008 ... Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by Cannonshot, Sep 8, 2008. .... 
The Pony Express operated from April 1860 through October 1861. ... Prior to the 
PE you could send mail by ship or stage coach (on a dangerous southern route) 
that would take at ... Mail cost $5 per 1/2 ounce on the PE. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel :: Friends blog - SUSD Student Community [PAR] May 17, 2010 ... It is a mail service by horse back. ... It was $5.00 to send a 1/2 ounce of mail. ... So 
April 3, 1860, the first run of the Pony Express took off for an exiting journey. So 
when the Pony Express first started it cost $5.00 per  ounce of luggage. .... 
Percy and his friends need to go through the Labyrinth, a mysterious... [DOC] [TLE] Sandy :: Friends blog - SUSD Student Community [PAR] Nov 15, 2011 ... 1/2 ounces of mail cost five dollars in the beginning. After a few years ... It started 
on April 3, 1860 and ended in late October 1861. The Pony... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Envelopes - Postal Museum - Smithsonian [PAR] The United States Postal Service Early History . .... This first volume of History of 
Envelopes began as a journey that was started at ... I would search through 
stamp guides trying to beat the ... Mr. Brown showed me a Civil War soldier's 
letter in an envelope. .... letter, which cost twice as much for postage, ..... half-
ounce letter. [DOC] [TLE] August 13, 2009 - The Paper [PAR] Aug 13, 2009 ... The Pony Express service had messages carried by horseback riders in ... to 
leave San Francisco and St. Joseph simultaneously on April 3, 1860. ... The 
westbound route began in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, 
through the ... The cost of the mail was $5.00 per 1/2 ounce at the beginning. [DOC] [TLE] Connor :

Question: It cost $5 to send a 1/2-ounce letter via this service when it began in April 1860
Answer: Pony Express