This Paper Carried the First (Pony Express) Rider, News Photo, c. 1938
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1KK
Scope and Content
This Paper Carried the First (Pony Express) Rider, News Photo, c. 1938. St. Joseph News-Press. News photo of the April 3, 1860 St. Joseph Daily Gazette front page with description of the activities sending off the first Pony Express rider from St. Joseph.
Caption: "The Pony Express special edition of the St. Joseph Daily Gazette, reproduced above, was carried by the first rider to leave St. Joseph. The original paper is now preserved in a Sacramento, Cal, library."
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Pony express
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Pony Express First Rider from St. Joseph, St. Joseph Daily Gazette
