Name/Title
Pony Express Memorial Project Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1938-1940Entry/Object ID
2007.33.699Scope and Content
Pony Express Memorial Project Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1938-1940. Files of Eckel & Aldrich Architects. Project to create site for Pony Express Statue. Includes balustrade wall on Francis Street.
There is a thorough description of the pedestal, the sculpture, the casting process by the Eckel firm.
News clippings include:
Dec. 5 & 12, 1938 Legal Notice to Contractors for sealed bids related to the Pony Express Memorial.
April 1, 1939 "To Observe Pony Express Anniversary Here Monday"
April 2, 1940 Legal Notice to Contractors for seal bids for erection of stone balustrade and wall at Civic Center for the Pony Express Memorial.
January 27, 1939 Christian Science Monitor "Story of Business of Carrying Packages" which included the Pony Express
File includes general correspondence, correspondence between Eckel and sculptor, blueprints, insurance certificate, form of proposal, contractors, affidavits, tabulation of bids, resolution, agreements, photographs, agreement with Hermon A. MacNeil, sculptor and authorization to pay him. There are black & white photographs of a saddle and mochilla used by a Pony rider, shown from all angles.
Included also
A print of Maynard Dixon's 1925 painting of a Pony Express rider.
Postcard size drawing by George Gray of a Pony Express Saddle, advertising the Pony Express Bar-N at the Hotel Robidoux.
Map drawing of the Pony Express Trail by George Gray as above.Collection
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Person or Organization
Herman MacNeilPerson or Organization
Robert AitkenPerson or Organization
Joseph P. Pollia