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The mail system was the original social network that stitched the massive frontiers of the US and Canada together. More than a hundred years ago, getting a letter was a lengthy process that took weeks—sometimes even months—to cross the continent. But at the turn of the century, the postal service underwent a huge transformation, evolving from lonely Pony Express riders on horseback to high-speed post offices on wheels that sorted mail while flying down the tracks behind steam