Whalen, Michael, Pony Express Rider, Obituary, 1917. Newspaper account of the death of Whalen, details his service in Pony Express and Union Army. He was a grading contractor in St. Joseph and participated in the first Street Railway. b/w
Whalen was in St. Joseph to see the starting ride of the Pony Express He rode for two months as a rider from Salt Lake City to Camp Floyd. Whalen was a Union soldier in the Civil War who accompanied Sherman's March. He is buried in Ashland Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri.
old digital file name: WhalenMichael XPRider 2
