Pony Express--Commemoration, Stables and Museum, in Missouri Historical Review, 1950

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pony Express--Commemoration, Stables and Museum, in Missouri Historical Review, 1950

Entry/Object ID

1989.1.202

Description

Pony Express--Commemoration, Stables and Museum, in Missouri Historical Review, 1950. Article by Floyd C. Shoemaker, pp. 343-365 describing the April 3,1950 commemoration celebration in St. Joseph, Missouri, which he attended. He also describes the efforts to preserve the Pony Express Stables on Penn Street citing Barlett Boder's history published in the Spring, 1950 issue of Museum Graphics and describing the original stables and its later modifications. Restoration of the stables was being undertaken by the Goetz Pony Express Foundation. One difficulty for researchers was finding a photograph of the original stables. However, by serendipity, a news clipping originally owned by Mary Alicia Owen, was donated among other clippings, to Bartlett Boder by one of Ms. Owen's descendants. That news clipping contained an illustration made from an 1858 photograph of the Stables. Mr. Shoemaker recounts the assistance the State Historical Society made it locating the entire issue of that St. Joseph newspaper account with photograph of the original building. He reprints the news account in this article. He also recounts the successive uses and disuse of the Stables to present day. There are photos of the Stables in 1950, a drawing of the Patee House, The St. Joseph Transfer Company Stables. Other articles in this issue of the Historical Review are: Birth of Kansas City's Pioneer Church by Rev. James J. Schlafly Professional, Religious, and Social Aspects of St. Louis Life 1804-1816. Civil War Letters of Col. Bazel F. Lazear, Part II Missouri History Note Found in Textbooks. includes: "When a Missourian Rassled Abe Lincoln 'Bob Ford and Creede, Colorado" Did "That Dirty Little Coward" Shoot Mr. Howard?" 110/Softbound/Illustrations/Photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express, Civil wars

Search Terms

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Book Details

Author

State Historical Society of Missouri

Place Published

City

Jefferson City

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1950

Call No.

PonyExpress ST

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 3, 2011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bartlett Boder

Person or Organization

Jesse James

Person or Organization

Robert Ford

Person or Organization

Tom Howard

Person or Organization

Abraham Lincoln