Dedicated to the Pony Express

In 1860-1861 Pony Express riders stopped in Lafayette 19 times to change horses en route to San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri

Lafayette Historical Society

1992

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Moraga Road and Mout Diablo Boulevard.

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The Pony Express

The Pony Express Trail passed four miles north of Austin through Jacobsville, Simpson's Park and Dry Creek Station. During the Paiute Indian War the stations were burned and two station tenders at Dry Creek were killed and buried there.

Erected ...

The Pony Express

Some might say the idea for the Pony Express arose from a bad case of saddle sores. In 1849, W.M. Gwin, a senator from the new state of California, was making his way on horseback from San Francisco to ...

The Pony Express

Russell, Majors, Waddell

1861 ** 1961

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

Marker is on 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The Pony Express

This statue commemorates the glory of The Pony Express, which started here at 2:46a.m. on April 4,1860, when Sam Hamilton galloped into a blinding rainstorm on the first lap of the 1,966 mile trip to St. Joseph, Missouri. During its ...

The Pony Express

[Map of the Pony Express route]

From April 1860 until October 1861 the famed Pony Express riders passed along the south side of the Plate River south of Big Springs. Diamond Springs station was to the southeast. Frontz and Julesburg stations ...

The National Pony Express Monument

A Moment in Time.

Running as fast as the mustang pony could run, Pony Express riders raced across nearly 1900 miles of wilderness carrying the U.S. Mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. With nostrils flaring, lungs gasping for air, ...

The Pony Express

The Pony Express operated for only eighteen months, from April 1860 until October, 1861, delivering mail between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. It ceased operating when the transcontinental telegraph line was completed. During its brief existence, the Pony Express ...

Genoa or “Mormon Station” of the Pony Express

Near this spot stood the

Genoa or “Mormon Station”

of the Pony Express

1860 – 1861

St. Joseph, Missouri

To Sacramento, California.

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Dedicated June 9, 1934

By Citizens of Nevada.

Under Leadership Minden Rotary Club

Marker is at the intersection of Genoa Lane and Jackson Valley Road/Main Street (Nevada ...

The Pony Express - Sportsman’s Hall

California’s only Home Station where riders changed on the Pony Express trail. Here, at 8:01 A.M. on April 4, 1860, Sam Hamilton, first eastbound rider, was relieved by Warren Upson who carried the initial mail over the then storm swept ...