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National Pony Express Centennial Association Trail Marker
Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: February 14, 2010
Caption: National Pony Express Centennial Association Trail Marker
Additional Description: This trail marker is mounted on a cement base to the left of the Nevada Added Station marker. It depicts William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Waddell, the founders and operators of the Pony Express. Pictured above them is a rider and pony atop the outline of the Pony Express route, with Sacramento and St. Joseph shown as the two endpoints. Similar markers were installed at a number of places along the route in 1960.
Submitted: April 13, 2010, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p104786
File Size: 1.245 Megabytes

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