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Pony express,
An express service established in April, 1860.
It was part of a mail line between New York and San Francisco by way of St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento.
Between the two last-named places the distance was traversed by fleet horsemen, each of whom went 60 miles. The weight carried was not to exceed 10 pounds, and the charge was $5 in gold for each quarter of an ounce.
The riders were paid $1,200 a month.
The distance between New York and San Francisco by the aid of this express was made in fourteen days. The pony express lasted two years, being given up when the telegraph line across the continent was completed.
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Sacramento, battle of the
After the battle of Braceti (q. v.), Col. Alexander W. Doniphan entered El Paso without opposition, and sent a messenger to hurry up artillery which he had sent for to Santa Fe. It arrived on Feb. 1, 1847, and on the 11th he set out for Chihuahua in search of General Wool.
After marching 145 miles he learned that Wool was not at Chihuahua.
He pressed forward, however, and halted near the Sacramento River, about 18 miles from the city of Chihuahua, in the State of the same name.
There he was confronted (Feb. 28) by about 4,000 Mexican cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
After a contest of about three hours, the Mexicans were routed by the men under Doniphan.
Twelve of their cannon were captured, with ammunition and other munitions of war. The loss of the Mexicans was about 600 men; of the Americans, eighteen.
Doniphan then pressed forward, and entered Chihuahua, a city of 40,000 inhabitants, without opposition, and planted the American flag upon its ci
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Watson, Henry Clay 1831-1869
Author; born in Baltimore, Md., in 1831; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and engaged in journalism; was connected with the North American, and the Evening journal; later removed to Sacramento, where he edited the Times.
He wrote Camp-fires of the Revolution; Nights in a Block-house; Old Bell of Independence; The Yankee Teapot; Lives of the Presidents of the United States; Heroic women of history, etc. He died in Sacramento, Cal., July 10, 1869.
Watson, Henry Clay 1831-1869
Author; born in Baltimore, Md., in 1831; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and engaged in journalism; was connected with the North American, and the Evening journal; later removed to Sacramento, where he edited the Times.
He wrote Camp-fires of the Revolution; Nights in a Block-house; Old Bell of Independence; The Yankee Teapot; Lives of the Presidents of the United States; Heroic women of history, etc. He died in Sacramento, Cal., July 10, 1869.