2 entries match your criteria.
Related Historical Markers
By William Fischer, Jr., June 28, 2011
National Pony Express Centennial Association Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth — Site of Offices of Russell, Majors, and Waddell — A Famous Freighting Firm —  |
| 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 | |||
| 2 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, Troy — The Pony Express — America's early express mail delivery rides through the Glacial Hills — Glacial Hills Scenic Byway — |
| The Pony Express, the nation's first coast-to-coast express mail route, began as a publicity stunt for a million-dollar government contract by carrying mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California in under 10 days. At the time, there were no . . . — — Map (db m252114) HM | |||