
Collect letters, avoid obstacles and aim for the ultimate 100 letter delivery! We know everyone is busy these days but the Pony Express needs YOU. We've made time-based games in the past so our new idea was simple. The Pony Express felt like a great game concept to us at Google. What a concept–riders with letters on horseback racing from California to Missouri and vice versa to deliver mail on time! True to their word, the first mail arrived on April 14th. So when William H.Russell, Alexander Majors & William B Waddell founded the Pony Express on April 3rd, 1860, they set in motion a wonderful yet daunting method of communication. The notion of triumph through adversity is so inspirational. Anyone visiting the Google homepage in North America, Western Europe. Joseph, Missouri to Old Sacramento, California carrying the U.S. WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) - Google celebrates the Pony Express with an original doodle game marking its 155th anniversary. Collect letters, avoid obstacles and aim for the ultimate 100 letter delivery! We know everyone is busy these days but the Pony Express needs YOU.We were so excited to share this doodle that we asked a friend of the team, animator Nate Swinehart, to tell a bit more about the history of the Pony Express and document the doodle process. A few weeks ago (April 3rd 2015) was the 155th anniversary of the pony Express I have gathered some paintings, sculptures (including the very first Pony Express themed monument) and statues of brave riders and their trusty steeds that galloped at break- neck speed from St. We were so excited to share this doodle that we asked a friend of the team, animator Nate Swinehart, to tell a bit more about the history of the Pony Express and document the doodle process.
