Carrying the Mail from St. Joseph, News Photo, c. 1938
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1OO
Scope and Content
Carrying the Mail from St. Joseph, News Photo, c. 1938. St. Joseph News-Press. Illustration of Pony Express Rider at full gallop, mochila under him.
Caption: "This painting of a Pony Express rider typifies the sort of men who risked their lives in carrying the pouches of mail through hundreds of miles of country infested by hostile Indians and frontier bandits. Today, opening the local observance of National Air Mail Week, the riders of the route will be honored by ceremonies at the original Pony Express stable and at Rosecrans Field."
