2. Why did the author include the diary excerpt of Sir Richard Burton about the Sand Springs Station?
A: To support the claim that so many of the Pony Express riders were lonely and in danger
B: To describe how important Sir Richard Burton was to sustaining the life of the Pony Express
C. To describe how romantic the idea of being a Pony Express rider was to so many young Americans in the 1860s
D: To support the information in the paragraph by providing first-hand evidence of the poor conditions many riders
encountered at the stations