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Newspaper Article - The Pony Express Stopped HereEntry/Object ID
Q2024.30.10Scope and Content
A three column article by staff writer, E. B. Dykes Beachy, of the Kansas City Times, dated December 30, 1952 titled "Century-Old House In A State Park Is Relic Of The Pony Express In Kansas". It includes a picture titled "The Pony Express Stopped Here". The caption below the picture reads "There were 190 relay stations on the Pony Express between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif., but only this one remains unaltered. It is the old Hollenberg ranch house near Hanover, Kas., and is now owned and preserved by the state."Context
The article starts out "Riders who traveled from the Missouri River to California in as little as seven days and seven hours, stopped at the Hollenberg ranch near Hanover to change horses -- best time of stagecoaches was 18 days.".
Highlights of the additional sub-titles expand on the topic.
'First Mail Service Slow'
. . . . July 1, 1850, . . the first . . . mail service was started across Kansas . . . . but the time was no faster than the freighting service had been.
In 1856 he government bought some camels. . . . But the camels were unsuited to this country because of their soft, padded feet.
On April 3, 1860, riders galloped . . out of St. Joseph and Sacramento. Each rider had a change of mount every thirty miles.
'Route of the Express'
They used the route followed by the covered wagon caravans . . . .
Today, westward from St. Joseph, U. S. Highway, . . . follows the route of the Pony Express as far as Marysville. Traveling west, you will find the Hollenberg ranch . . . station about five miles north of the highway in Washington County.
. . . it was acquired and restored by the state . . . in 1941and will remain a monument to the Pony Express.Lexicon
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5.5 X 13.5"