On June 16, 1860, about ten weeks after the Pony Express began, Congress authorized a bill instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to fund building a transcontinental telegraph line connecting the Missouri River and the Pacific Coast. The bill’s passage resulted in the incorporation of the Overland Telegraph Company of California and the Pacific Telegraph …
The Pony Express started its first run from St. Joseph. Read more about this in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.
Birthday of William H. Russell of Lexington, MO. He was a co-founder of a huge freighting firm, the Overland Stage Co., and the Pony Express. Read more about him in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.
With all telegraph lines in place, the Pony Express was no longer needed. On this day the riders made their last run and closed one of the most exciting chapters in American History. This post was contributed by Ross Malone. A historian and a retired school teacher, Ross has authored many books about Missouri’s history, …
Birthday of William B. Waddell whose freight company (Russell, Majors, and Waddell) did much to open trade with the west. He was also a founder of the Pony Express. Read more about him in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.
Birthday of Alexander Majors of Westport, MO. He was a co-founder of a huge freighting firm, the Overland Stage Co., and the Pony Express. Read more about him in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.
Neither rain nor snow nor Comanche war parties could stop Francois Aubry, the Missouri speed demon, from delivering the mail in record time. His exploits were the stuff of legend, and the inspiration for the Pony Express.
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