Text of Judge Otis' Address at Pony Express Memorial, 1940
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AM1972.14.1YY
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Text of Judge Otis' Address at Pony Express Memorial, 1940.
Great changes have been made from April 3, eighty years gone by. Historical facts are familiar. Private business created the express and carried it on from April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861. Private business made it possible, private business paid the bills. Private business sustained the loss. The government of the United States did not directly contribute a single dollar to the Pony Express It was a day when business neither suckled nor shackled.