Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861

JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY [ILLUSTRATOR]

Publication: Privately printed, 1961, NP

10 1/2" x 30" color broadside that was issued by the American Pioneer Trails Association in Commemoration of the Pony Express Centennial, April 3, 1960 - October 24, 1961. A total of 190 stations were established every twenty miles along the 1,600 mile route. Each of these stations was staffed and equipped to provide a fresh horse for each of the eighty riders who made a 120-mile ride before handing the mail off to the next man. In this manner, the mail could be delivered between St. Joseph, Missouri, across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California, in just 10 days. Starting at St. Joseph, Missouri and ending at Sacramento, California, with every station stop detailed along the route. Complete with color vignettes of such places as Court House Rock, Chimney Rock, Old Fort Kearny, Buffalo in the Valley of the Platte, Old Fort Laramie, Relay station near Utah Desert, Sacramento - passing Old Fort Sutter, and others. A well-presented and protected image of the Pony Express, in business for just a few weeks beyond 18 months due to the coming of the transcontinental railway. Fine copy.

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