Flip-flop sandals and flashing lights on sneakers, baseball stirrups and lacy dresses - children took turns running in the Missouri Capitol.
But it was a controlled demonstration of how Pony Express riders 150 years ago carried $5-per-half-ounce letters 10-15 miles before changing horses at the next of 156 stations along the 700-mile trail from St. Joseph to Sacramento, Calif.
Around the hands-on exhibit in the east wing of History Hall, the youngsters raced with the leather satchel, evading the ....