Pony Express stations were placed 10 to 15 miles apart. The riders rode them at. full gallop which was up to 15 miles. per hour (depending on the horse and terrain- I guess). If a conestoga wagon made. 15 miles in a day they made good time. I imagine a cattle drive only made about 15. miles in a day too.
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin said on Monday. Yeltsin, who had suffered health problems since resigning from office on December 31, 1999, suffered sudden heart failure, medical sources told Russia's Interfax news agency.
Forensic science experts have discovered that the remains of Yelena Glinskaya and Anastasia Romanovna, the mother and the wife of the first Russian tsar, contain suspiciously high concentrations of mercury. According to legend, Yelena was poisoned by political enemies in 1538 when Ivan was still a boy. Anastasia, the great aunt of the first Romanov tsar, was murdered in 1560 at 26. Researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences made the discoveries after studying remains from the Necropolis of the Archangel Cathedral inside the Kremlin.