Pony Express Liaison Marked New Transportation Era. St. Joseph Gazette, August 26, 1923
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1J
Scope and Content
Pony Express Liaison Marked New Transportation Era. St. Joseph Gazette, August 26, 1923. A poster on the front page of the paper shows 1860 travel methods. A picture of Jack Keetley when he was a Pony Express rider, and Alexander Majors is pictured when he was a member of the firm of Majors, Russell & Waddell. It was his money which was used in the main financing of the venture.
There is a picture of the Pony Express stamped envelope which carried the news of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency as flashed to the Rocky Mountain News via the Pony Express.
From Visscher's Pony Express History is a picture of a Pony Express rider racing to keep hostile Indians from crossing his path.