The Pony Express Mystery Cache
White_Tiger1020: This cache hasn’t been looked for in over a year so I do believe it is time to Achieve it
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I love all sorts of history, and lately I have become re-interested in the Pony Express. Then I thought,
This is so cool, I should do a puzzle cache on it! And so now I have!
I truly hope that you enjoy researching the answers and finding this cache just as much as I have been enjoying creating this cache.
The coordinates to the final of this cache, a very nice magnetic keyholder along the Collegedale Greenway, are as follows:
N 35 AB.CDE / W 085 FG.HIJ
Correctly answer the following questions, substitute numbers in for their appropriate letters, and you will have the coords to this cache.
A. Who were the three founders of the Pony Express?
0-William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Waddell
1-Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins
2-Thomas Durant, Buffalo Bill, and John Sutter
B. About how long did it take to deliver a message via Pony Express?
2-2 days
3-10 days
4-20 days
C. For about how many months was the Pony Express in existence?
4-12 months & 2 days
5-18 months & 3 weeks
6-36 months & 17 days
D. What was the Pony Express’s eastern terminus?
3-New York, New York
4-Independence, Kansas
5-St. Joseph, Missouri
E. What was the Pony Express’s western terminus?
3-San Francisco, California
4-Seattle, Washington
0-Sacramento, California
F. On what day did the Pony Express start operations?
1-May 5, 1859
0-April 3, 1860
2-June 4, 1872
G. True or False: the mail-carrying bags used by the Pony Express were called mochilas.
4-True
5-False
H. The Pony Express operated especially fast when delivering news of which President’s election?
2-Theodore Roosevelt
1-Abraham Lincoln
3-Jefferson Davis
I. Which Pony Express rider made an incredible 380 mile round trip ride?
3-Buffalo Bill
8-“Pony Bob” Haslam
2-Jack Keetley
J. There were 157 stations along the Pony Express route in 1860. Approximately how far apart were each of these stations?
7-2 miles
9-10 miles
2-30 miles
Additional Hints
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