History of Pony Express Recalled on Anniversary, 1938
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1D
Scope and Content
History of Pony Express Recalled on Anniversary, 1838. First riders in famous mail service left St. Joseph and Sacramento, CA seventy eight years ago. Today feats of Buffalo Bill Cody and other outstanding frontier figures in movement reviewed significance of venture in development of country noted.
There is a picture of the monument in Patee Park. It marks the point from which the first Pony express rider on April 3, 1860 set out to run the gauntlet on the trail which had its western terminus in Sacramento.
There is a picture of the start of the Pony Express ride from St. Joseph.
There is a picture of another Pony Express rider as painted by William H. Jackson who painted pictures of the old forts and way stations once marking the Pony Express trail. There is also a picture of the Pony Express mural painted by the artist,, Edward J. Holslag. This picture adorns the walls of the First National Bank in St. Joseph Missouri.