The Pony Express

1860-1861

120 celebrated riders rode 650,000 miles with only one rider killed by Indians, one schedule not completed and one mail lost.

Russell • Majors • Waddell

Founders • Owners • Operators

Marker is on County Road 53.

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The Pony Express

1860-1861

From April, 1860, to October, 1861, Fort Laramie was a major post on the Pony Express route between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.

Marker can be reached from County Road 53.

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The Pony Express

Pony Express Trail

This plaque commemorates the passage in 1860 and 1861 of the Pony Express riders from Sacramento to San Francisco through what is now Orinda.

Sponsored by the City of Orinda's Historical Landmark Committee and the Pony ...

The First Pony Express

This monument erected by the

Daughters of the American Revolution

and

The City of St. Joseph

marks the place where the first

Pony Express started on April 3, 1860

Marker is on Penn Street near South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.

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The Pony Express

by

A stone from the U.S. Post Office

1898 - 1940

Marker is on Penn Street near 12th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Pony Express Trail

1860 -1861

The first Pony Express trip between St. Joseph and San Francisco was 1943 miles. This first trip took 10 days. The Pony Express operated from April 3, 1860 to November 20, 1861. The trail was located 1100 feet North ...

To the Brave Men Who Rode the Pony Express

1860 -- 1861

The site of

Big Sandy Station

Gift of Andrew Arnott

To the State of

Wyoming

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 191 and Wyoming Route 28 on U.S. 191.

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The Pony Express

In

Commemoration of

The Pony Express

A fleeting but exciting epoch in the

Winning of the West

——————

Erected April 4, 1963

by Harrah’s

William F. Harrah, President

——————

The first Pony Express rider passed here

April 4, 1860 on his way to

Friday’s Station

A remount point 4/10ths of a ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Pony Express Riders

1860 The Knights of the Saddle 1861

William Hamilton, the first Pony Express rider to reach Benicia on the final relay. Carrying the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California. Arrived in this city April 23, 1860, at 7 a.m. Thomas ...

The Pony Express

The Pony Express

Pony Express Division Headquarters

Here, Ben Ficklin, General Superintendent, and Major Howard Egan and James C. Bromley, Division Superintendents, had their headquarters.

The Following Were Honored Utah Riders

Howard Egan - William Dennis - Wm. H. Streeper

Richard E. Egan - Thomas ...