Pony Express

former mail service in the Western United States
Organization mail Q859130
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Pony Express

Summary

Pony Express is a mail[1]. It draws 1,286 Wikipedia views per month (mail category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pony Express is in the country of United States[3].
  • Pony Express's image is recorded as Pony-express-joseph.jpg[4].
  • Pony Express's continent is recorded as North America[5].
  • Pony Express's instance of is recorded as mail[6].
  • Pony Express's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Pony Express's founder is recorded as William Hepburn Russell[8].
  • Pony Express's founder is recorded as Alexander Majors[9].
  • Pony Express's founder is recorded as William B. Waddell[10].
  • Pony Express's logo image is recorded as Pony Express'60 West bound 1860.jpg[11].
  • Pony Express's GND ID is recorded as 4456071-0[12].
  • Pony Express's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85104826[13].
  • Pony Express's subclass of is recorded as post riders[14].
  • Pony Express's Commons category is recorded as Pony Express[15].
  • Pony Express's industry is recorded as mail[16].
  • +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pony Express[17].
  • Pony Express was dissolved in +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Pony Express's end time is recorded as +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Pony Express's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bvtw[20].
  • Pony Express's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pony Express[21].
  • Pony Express's described at URL is recorded as https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4051p.tr000221/?r=0.264,-0.02,0.643,0.402,0[22].
  • Pony Express's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Pony Express's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[24].
  • Pony Express's replaced by is recorded as United States transcontinental telegraph line[25].
  • Pony Express's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pony-Express[26].
  • Pony Express's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pony Express'}[27].

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Founding

Founders include William Hepburn Russell[8], Alexander Majors[9], and William B. Waddell[10]. +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pony Express[17].

Industry

Pony Express's industry is recorded as mail[16].

Dissolution

Pony Express was dissolved in +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

Pony Express draws 1,286 Wikipedia views per month (mail category, ranking #2 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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