Express Was Failure---Lost �200,000 in 16 Months

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St. Joseph Museums

Page 1: The image is a black and white newspaper clipping showing an old photograph of a Pony Express station near Julesburg, featuring a rustic log cabin with several people, including riders and workers, standing in front of it. The bottom part of the image contains a newspaper article titled "Pony Express Was Failure; Lost $200,000 in 16 Months," which provides details about the financial difficulties and operational challenges faced by the Pony Express during its short existence of 16 months. The text recounts the high costs of maintaining the service, such as $100,000 to equip the line and high payments for station keepers and riders.
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The image is a black and white newspaper clipping showing an old photograph of a Pony Express station near Julesburg, featuring a rustic log cabin with several people, including riders and workers, standing in front of it. The bottom part of the image contains a newspaper article titled "Pony Express Was Failure; Lost $200,000 in 16 Months," which provides details about the financial difficulties and operational challenges faced by the Pony Express during its short existence of 16 months. The text recounts the high costs of maintaining the service, such as $100,000 to equip the line and high payments for station keepers and riders.

Name/Title

Express Was Failure---Lost �200,000 in 16 Months

Entry/Object ID

L9999.PXP.Pony

Scope and Content

Files contain correspondence with Pony Rider descendants, Pony Express rider biographies, newspaper clippings related to the Pony Express, and miscellaneous records, photos, and documents collected from major private and University libraries among other sources. NOTE ABOUT ORIGIN OF LIBRARIES FILE. Prior to the opening of the renovated Pony Express Museum in 1993, St. Joseph Museum staff did extensive research on the Pony Express. All of the libraries in this folder were visited and copies of all material related to the Pony Express were made. This was done from 1991 to 1993. Information from this research was used in the new exhibits of the Pony Express Museum and in preparation of the book On the Winds of Destiny. In 2015, the file from the Pony Express Museum was added. Jackie Lewin 7/27/15 CD containing scans of actual documents found in Pony Express Research Files located in file cabinets in Document Storage II area.