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Pony Express Trail Map from St. Joseph to Sacramento by Harrington, 1935Entry/Object ID
AM1993.1.30Scope and Content
Pony Express Trail Map from St. Joseph to Sacramento by Harrington, 1935. blueprint style. Map showing the trail between St. Joseph and Sacramento, with Pony Express stations identified. Illustrations in margins and open spaces, including a copy of the envelope cover to Rocky Mountain News, giving the news of Abraham Lincoln's election.
Title" Map of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Mo. to Sacramento, Calif."
"Copyright 1935 by Gerald F. Harrington, 315 Federal Realty Building, Oakland, Calif."
Below map is text: "The Pony Express (A Brief History)" which includes a list of times between certain stations.
It tells the story of Jim Moore, who left Midway Station in June, 1860 going to Julesburg, where he found his relief murdered. He returned immediately to Midway having ridden 14½ hours. Also story of "Pony Bob" Haslam, who rode 380 miles without rest because of a similar situation. It mentions, Joseph A. Slade, a superintendent, Wild Bill Hickok and the McCanles gang and Johnny Fry.Lexicon
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