80th Anniversary
PONY
EXPRESS
THE PONY EXPRESS SERVICE, CARRYING MAIL BETWEEN
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI AND THE PACIFIC COAST WAS STARTED
APRIL 3, 1860. HARASSED BY HOSTILE INDIANS, OFTEN
OBLIGED TO CARRY ON OVER SEVERAL LINKS OF THE ROUTE
WHEN THEIR RELIEF RIDERS WERE KILLED, RELAYS OF THESE
FEARLESS RIDERS TRAVERSED THE TRACKLESS PLAINS FROM
WESTERN RAILHEAD TO THE COAST IN ABOUT TEN AND ONE
HALF DAYS THE SERVICE WAS SHORT-LIVED. BEING
SUPPLANTED BY THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH
IN 1861, BUT ITS STORY REMAINS ONE OF THE INSPIRING
CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE WORDS
THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH!
C STEPHEN ANDERSON
SAINT
JOSEPH
APR3
9-AM
1940
MO.
1860
PONY EXPRESS BOTH ANNIVERSARY
-FIRST DAY
1940
265 Little St
Bellealle
NJ
