Pony Express Clippings, 1960

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St. Joseph Museums

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Pony Express Clippings, 1960

Entry/Object ID

1975.7.11

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Pony Express Clippings, 1960. There are 47 articles in this envelope. Restaurants, Motels and Hotels North Platte, Buffalo Bill's Home Town The Western Rangers, Dodge City Kansas The Story of the Pony Express Compliments of Chamber of Commerce St. Joseph, MO 2-17-54 History of St. Joseph, Missouri. Compliments of Chamber of Commerce, St. Joseph, MO 33-11-54. Richardson Supported as First Rider. Oil Painting for the Pony Express Museum. Painting of Alexander Majors, and four St. Joseph Pony Express riders,--Johnny Fry, Billy Richardson, Johnny Burnett and Charlie Cliff. Operating expenses for the Pony Express. 1860 Mochila Recreated for Pony Express Relay. Pony Express Stamp will be placed on sale at Sacrament, California July 19. No mail on pony rerun of April 3, special transportation will be arranged, however for July 19 of mail between St. Joseph and Sacramento. March 23, 1960 the story of the Pony Express by Don Oakley and Ralph Lane. Picture of Billy Richardson portrayed by Lee Starnes St. Joseph artist. St. Joseph Missouri the convention city in the Pony Express territory. The booklet contains pictures and information of St. Joseph history. Many events on 2-day program of Pony Centennial. The 100 anniversary of the start of the Pony Express. New set of Pony express paintings. Harrison Hartley is the artist. Robidoux Hotel placemat shows a map of the Pony Express trail. Pony Express Hits Obstacles Again; The squabble concerns the announcement of a July 19 rerun over the Pony Express and the Postoffice department; issuance of a Pony Express centennial stamp and new commemorative envelope on July 19. Story of the Pony Express with pictures by Don Oakley and Ralph Lane. News clipping about the cost of the Pony Express. 1860 Mochila Recreated for Pony Express Relay. Mail pouch donated to the St. Joseph Museum. $1,500 awarded to estate of Pony Express rider. He was killed riding an escalator. The rider Wilbur Lalney was a Pony Express rider in the Dakota. Newspaper picture of Billy Richardson. It is on display at the Pony Express Museum. Pony Express Days call Justice Whittaker home. He will speak on the south porch of the Doniphan county courthouse Sunday afternoon as the St. Joseph Pony Express rerun caravan arrives in Troy en route toward California. 100th Anniversary of the Pony Express cachet is printed on the souvenir mail to be carried on the Pony Express rerun. Pony Express museum which opened for the summer season despite a heavy snow storm. A new Benton Clark oil painting "The Christmas Mail" was the latest addition to the collection. A News article Story of the Pony Express (4) by Don Oakley and Ralph Lane has a story and pictures. Pony Express book display has been set up in the children's room at Central Public Library. Pony Express to Frisco to Carry Souvenir Mail. Special cacheted covers carried by 1960 Pony Express riders from St. Joseph to San Francisco will be available as souvenirs. Only once was mail lost from St. Joseph MO, to San Francisco during the 18-month life of the Pony Express. April 3 also anniversary of Jesse James death. Italian Writes for Centennial Envelopes: The Italian wanted as many Pony Express commemorative stamped envelopes as a 1,000lire Italian bank note will buy. The Italian was Lieut. Col. Mario Anfossi of Taggia, Italy. He fought alongside American troops in World War I. Newspaper clipping of a picture of W. H. Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell as pictured in an oil painting by Julian A. Link in the Pony Express History and Art Gallery at San Rafael, CA. The Butterfield stage lost even more on its letter delivery than did the Pony Express, but the government footed that loss. It didn't for the Pony Express. Salt Lake City is planning to participate in St. Joseph's April 3 Pony Express Centennial celebration. First Express Rider Was Carlyle, old letter says. This adds to the confusion of who was the first rider. J. H. Keetley was also a pony rider who states that Alex Carlyle was the first rider. He lists Johnny Frye the second and J. H. Keetley the third and Gus Cliff as the fourth. This information was found in a book copyrighted in 1908 in the basement of the Sollars Rexall Drug Store. Reader's Digest Reprints Pony Express Article There is a picture of four St. Joseph riders: Only two of riders were named: Billy Richardson and Johnny Fry. Billy Richardson by his own admission was not the first official Pony Express rider. William Richardson, 87 years old told how he had taken part in the inauguration of the Pony Express. He was nosing around at the Pony Express barn when the express was getting ready to start. He hopped on his pony and the express agent threw the mail to him as a joke. Richardson rode with the mail to the river and gave it to Johnny Fry. Frye Claim as 1st Pony Express Rider Challenged Again: Alex Carlye and not Frye was first rider. Jack Keetley, one of the riders was quoted as saying on August 21, 1907. Carlye, nephew of Ben Ficklin, superintendent of the stage line to Denver, was the first man to ride the Pony Express out of St. Joe. Keetley gained fame by making a 300-mile trip in less than 24 hours, stopping only to change horses. He rode from Big Sandy, NE to Elwood KS and back to Seneca, KS. 1st Relay Pony Rider Must Earn Place: The rider selected to lead off the Pony Express Centennial rerun from the Pony barns will be chosen in a rough riding competition. East-West flights Over Pony Route April 3: Efforts initiated last fall by the St. Joseph air force reserve unit are responsible for a scheduled air force jet flight from here to Sacramento, CA in observance of the Pony Express centennial. State Historical Society Into 1st Rider Debate, March 1960. Floyd C. Shoemaker executive secretary of the Missouri Historical Society, informed Mayor Arthur J. Meers that there has been considerable confusion over the identification of the first rider. He noted that Johnson William Richardson was not William B. (Billy) Richardson once credited with being the first rider. Billy. Billy before his death a number of years ago. denied any claim to the honor. A careful study indicated that Johnson William Richardson was the first rider who carried Pony Express mail out of St. Joseph Mr Shoemaker stated. In the Missouri Historical Review, 1923 the evidence concerning Johnson William Shoemaker had been accepted by the Pony Express Celebration Committee of 1923. No Bath for Pony Express Statue in Civic Center: The sculptor, Hermon A. MacNeil, explained when the statue was being cast that it should not be washed. Pony Express Centennial 1860-1960 map showing the route from California to Missouri. St. Joseph Gazette April 3, 1960 Newspaper of the Pony Express Centennial. Newspaper clipping of controversy over first Pony Express rider. Newspaper clipping of a picture of a Pony Express rider waving to telegraph linemen in one of the final runs of the mail service in this artist's sketch from the Oregon Trail Museum. The line continued across South Pass and into Salt Lake City putting the Pony Express out of business October 24, 1861. Four newspaper pictures of the Pony Express by Harrision Hartley. Newspaper clipping of Richardson being supported as first rider. Historical Society President Bartlett Boder and artist Lee Starnes base their findings on contemporary material of the Pony Express era and eye witness accounts of events culminating at the pony stables. News clipping of 2-day event of the Pony Centennial. Two-page article on the history of St. Joseph--Compliments of Chamber of Commerce St. Joseph, MO 3-11-1954. Placemat from Robidoux Hotel with the map of the Pony Express route. Chamber of Commerce St. Joseph, MO booklet with a map of St. Joseph sites and pictures including Pony Express sites. St. Joseph Convention City in the Pony Express Territory of Missouri. This booklet has pictures and information about the Pony Express. Pictured map of the Pony Express route April 3, 1860 --October 24, 1861.

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Pony express

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News Clipping

Condition

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Good

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Date

Feb 16, 2016

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J. H. Keetley

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Alex Carlyle

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Johnny Frye

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Gus Cliff

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W. H. Russell

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Majors, Alexander

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Waddell, William

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Mario Anfossi

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Jesse James

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Don Oakley

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Ralph Lane

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Charles Evans Whittaker

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Johnny Burnett

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Billy Richardson

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Charlie Cliff

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Lee Starnes

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Hartley, Harrison

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Wilber Lalney

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Julian Link

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Ben Ficklin

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Johnson William Richardson

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William B. Richardson

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MacNeil, Hermon A.

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Bartlett Boder