Proclamation Pony Express Day by Mayor of San Francisco, April 3, 1966
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AM1994.39.1
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Proclamation Pony Express by Mayor of San Francisco, 1966
Whereas, More than a century ago the founding of the Pony Express was one of the important steps in the expansion of the United States and the maintenance of nation-wide communication; and the Pony Express in the period of its existence played a master role in the national destiny by forging unity between the east and west; and the thunder of pony hooves as the mail riders carried their pouches across the prairie, through the desert and over the mountain was the sound of advancing civilization; and San Francisco played an important part in this history making communication service: Therefore, I, John F. Shelley, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, do hereby proclaim April 3, 1966, as "Pony Express Day" in San Francisco.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City and County of San Francisco to be affixed this eighteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-six . The proclamation was signed John F. Shelley, Mayor. A gold seal appears under the mayors signature.