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The Pony Express was a system that delivered mail on horseback between Missouri and California. The service lasted for only about a year and a half in the early 1860s. Nevertheless, the Pony Express is well remembered in stories about the American West.Beginning in the 1840s many people from the eastern United States began to move to the west. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 and in Colorado and Nevada in 1859 brought thousands of explorers in search of riches. Other people came to settle the land or to start a new life. By 1860 some 40,000 members of the religious group known as Mormons had settled in what is now Utah. The population of Oregon also greatly increased. The new settlers often came into conflict with the Native Americans who already lived on the land. More settlers continued to arrive, however.Mail from the East took a long time to reach these people. In 1851 the United States government arranged to send mail to California and Oregon by sea. However, it took about a month for a letter to travel from New York to California. Then a stagecoach service was begun, but this took 24 days. The people in the West demanded faster mail service. The idea of using fast horses or ponies to carry mail may have come from F.X. Aubrey, who hauled goods down the Santa Fe Trail in freight wagons. The Santa Fe Trail was an important commercial route during the mid-19th century. On his trips from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aubrey left horses along the trail with traders and others. On his return by horseback, he changed a tired horse for a fresh one. When did they discover Pony?