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Pony Express Centennial 2-Day Program News Article, March 24, 1960Entry/Object ID
AM1979.28.189Scope and Content
Pony Express Centennial 2-Day Program News Article, March 24, 1960. St. Joseph News-Press. Article mentions opening parade and ending with Pony Express (re-run) Rider leaving the Pony Express Museum.
The parade is being led by Grant Sullivan, star of the TV series, "The Pony Express". Riding clubs, Indians, bands, horse-drawn vehicles and old motor cars were expected in the parade.
Indian dancers to include John White Eagle, a Winnebago from Wisconsin, and Ioway Indians from Fall City, NE under Chief No Heart.
The Centennial Ball will be held at Frog Hop Ballroom with Don Hoy's orchestra.
Officials attending to include the Governor of Missouri, James T. Blair: Kansas Governor George Docking, Congressman Wm. Hull, and Supreme Court Justice Charles Whittaker, a native of Troy, Kansas.Lexicon
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