On Delaware Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on Delaware Street.
Before you stands the manufacturer's bank building; once headquarters for the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell. Fort Leavenworth's strategic location made it the logical logistical supply center to support the U.S. Army throughout the . . . — — Map (db m46713) HM
On 4th Street (U.S. 73) at Delaware Street, on the left when traveling north on 4th Street.
In the years 1855-1861 this firm was a major factor in the settlement of the West. Using thousands of teams, and both wagons and stagecoaches, it hauled supplies and passengers to Army posts and settlements west of Fort Leavenworth. Members of the . . . — — Map (db m46720) HM
1860 · 1861 1960 · 1961
120 celebrated riders rode 650,000 miles with only one rider killed by Indians, one schedule not completed and one mail pouch lost. — — Map (db m11348) HM
On Montgomery Street at Merchant Street, on the right when traveling south on Montgomery Street.
This was the site of the western business headquarters of Russell, Majors, and Waddell -- founders, owners, and operators of the Pony Express, 1860-1861. The firm's main office was in Leavenworth, Kansas. W.W. Finney was the western representative . . . — — Map (db m33775) HM
On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Northwest across this intersection is the original site of the Home Office of Russell, Majors and Waddell, owners and operators of the Pony Express. Though operating headquarters was at Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Eastern Terminus at St. Joseph, . . . — — Map (db m90906) HM
On North 14th Street north of 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
In 1858, Alexander Majors and his family moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Nebraska City where he purchased several blocks in the Prairie City Addition. Here he established the new headquarters of the Russell, Majors, and Waddell Freighting . . . — — Map (db m251936) HM
