Resources

A main sight for Pony Express Information: http://www.xphomestation.com/frm-riders.html

The Pony Express Social Studies/Math Activity: http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/travel/pony.html

Western Lore for the Pony Express: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-54017880/western-lore-pony-express.html and http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/wpa:@field(DOCID%2B@lit(wpa335040923))

Book: by Marlene Brill "Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express" (click on the title to get a review by Amazon). This is a fictional tale about the youngest rider on the Pony Express.

The American Girls also has a book about the Pony Express which shows what an asset Native Americans were to the West.

http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/exhibitions/horse/edresources.php#thehorse has some interesting activities about horses.

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Some book ideas on Amazon: