Campbell, William, Pony Express Rider, Letter to Daughters of American Revolution, 1913
Entry/Object ID
AM1994.20.6
Scope and Content
Campbell, William, Pony Express Rider, Letter to Daughters of American Revolution, March 20, 1913. Handwritten letter from Escalon, Calif.. 8 pp.
Writes of events in his life starting in 1858 when he was 17 years old, when he began working for Majors, Russell & Waddell driving cattle & freight wagons across the plains to New Mexico. Mentions the summer of 1859-the year of emigration to Pikes Peak--when the Comanches & the Kiowas went on the war path.
Explains about the Pony Express stations, the miles between; how he became a in Dec. 1860.
He compliments the D.A.R. for their efforts to commemorate the events of the Pony Express.
Also typewritten transcribed copy.
Collection
Mabel Loving
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Letter
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Correspondence
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Pony Express Rider, Pony Express Rider Correspondence, Pony Express Station, Freighting, Russell, Majors & Waddell, Santa Fe Trail