Throng Anxiously Waited First Pony Express From West, 1923
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1A
Scope and Content
Throng Anxiously Waited First Pony Express From West, 1923.
History says that Llone rider was Johnny Fry on little mare Sylph, that made last mile in 1:50, completing cross-country relay in few minutes less than ten days.
This newspaper has a picture of Charles Cliff the only surviving Pony Expsress rider in St. Joseph. He is now 78 years old. In the upper right of this newspaper is a picture of the Pony Express monument dedicated in Patee park. The tall figure at the right is Col. William Cody better known as Buffalo Bill. Mr. Cliff stands at the left. Below is a picture of the famous old Pony Express stables on Penn street.