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They even used square nuts in the stirrups, because they didn’t have the hexagonal nuts then that they use today. “As of July 1, 1861,” Nardone explained that the Overland Mail Company “was to operate a daily stagecoach in both directions and a pony express twice a week both ways until the telegraph line was finished.”, A day after this contract was signed, according to Nardone, the Overland Mail Company made an offer to William Russell to subcontract a portion of the line. They are all Wells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express stamps. 1858 Russell, Majors, & Waddell Pony Express Bible, What were these riders like who ventured across the wild American countryside to deliver the mail? Tens of thousands of emigrants crossed the river here. Oregon Trail emigrants along the Sweetwater River came to a place where steep hills forced them to cross the stream three times within two miles—a dangerous option at high water—while a detour through deep sand was safer but slower: just another day on a long journey with hard choices. When visitors step into the California History Section’s Rare Materials Reading Room now, they will be able to see the physical objects he is presenting to the Library. It was the first medallion to display a Pony Express rider and scene.
“They were riding maybe 4 to 5 miles an hour, maybe 7 in the daytime when they can see. On April 4th, Hamilton (the rider) gets the mail and takes off. It was produced by internationally renowned sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks. How did Wells, Fargo become involved with the Pony Express? As one who has made a quest of finding the truth about the history of this nineteen-month period in which the Pony Express existed, Nardone set the record straight with amazing precision telling me that on April 3rd, 1860, at 3:45 p.m., the Pony Express rider in San Francisco arrives for the mail, rides from that office to the river steamer, The New World, and comes up the river to Sacramento.
“In fact,” Nardone said, “his father had ridden in the 1960 centennial as a Pony Express rider.” Nardone obtained the dimensions.
One is in silver, and the other in bronze. Pony Express route. If there are no original Pony Express mochilas, how did Nardone achieve accuracy in the replicas? In his opinion, Nardone believes Bibles like the one now on view in the State Library’s California History Room should have been called the “Alexander Majors Transportation Bible.” Whatever it is called, this Bible speaks to the nature of the company that distributed it and calls to mind powerful associations with the history of the period.
Mr. Tyler had previously asked a question, and in reply Nardone said, “nobody has ever really asked me and that made me think.” The question was “after all this time you put in the Pony what do you want people to think of you? The Autry Museum of the American West acquired one of the replicas, and the others were presented to museums along the Pony Express Trail (4). Included in the exhibit are two U.S. Mint medallions created for the Pony Express Centennial in 1960. He asked the artist why the rider wasn’t carrying a gun to which Holland replied, “Well, our governor who is now President Reagan, said, “The riders rode so fast, they didn’t need one.”.
Interactive Trails Map Viewer; Tip: There are menu options at the top right and top left of the map viewer. Henderson found a certified 1860 saddle tree which Nardone took to a saddle tree maker in El Paso, Texas, who put one together. From the east-flowing rivers and streams they had followed for so many miles, the pioneers had finally arrived at water that would end up in the Pacific Ocean. For more articles, artwork or information please visit our website www.cslfdn.org. The three founders of the Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell were operating a very large freighting business.
He was referred to an outfit in Kearney, Nebraska, the Henderson Family. “Twenty other times,” Nardone said, “when this 2 p.m. river steamer was missed, they continued by horse to San Francisco via Benicia, Martinez, and Oakland.”. The leather had to be very flexible and they were able to obtain it from Australia.
This horse and rider represent a larger-than-life Pony Express statue located in the civic center of St. Joseph, Missouri. Is This the End of the Pony Express Trail for Joe Nardone?
Indeed, the buckles sport the image of this statue on them.
Letters require postage. It was a question that piqued his curiosity and set in motion his 36-year fascination with the “Pony.” He has traveled the trail by seven different modes of transportation: horseback, airplane, hiking, 4-wheel drive, mountain bicycle, dual-sport motorcycle and recreational vehicle (1). Trail; XP Statue; Photos; Calendar; Oath; National Pony Express Association - California Division .
The set of five stamps donated by Mr. Nardone were issued in two time periods: two stamps in the first and three stamps in the second.
“Everyone collects something,” Mr. Nardone observed. Holland made twenty-five of these statues.
The paintings will be printed in the order of the history of the Pony Express.
Vice President Jeff Hallsten. Nardone said, “If you opened up a savings account in a bank, they gave you one of these medallions.” Mr. Nardone donated two bronze medals. www.fairbanksartbooks.com/AboutAvard.html.
It was dedicated in St. Joseph on April 20, 1940. When William Lombard took over the business in 1889, it became known as the Lombard Ferry. Why did he choose the State Library as a repository for the donation?
Unfortunately, there was only space to include a fraction of them. Later years saw establishment of a stage and Pony Express station here.
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But what is this? He has expanded the State Library’s Pony Express resources, so that Pony Express historians will not have to go farther to find all the information they require on the subject.
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A Project of the Wyoming State Historical Society. The staying power of the story, though, shows a great deal about the fiction-fact mix that makes Wyoming and the West what they are today. “They had a big contract with the federal government to supply all the western forts,” Nardone said.
Nardone said, “There were only fifteen of them.” He was able to acquire the one now seen in the display case along with two medals produced in “nickel-silver,” which have the appearance of being made of silver, without actually having any silver in them. President Carolyn Gilmore.
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Many emigrants inscribed or painted their names on the cliff face.
6. Going through their archives and reading all their newspapers in print in the 1860s.” It is the California State Library, though, where most of his research has taken place. Nardone purchased this replica in an antique store in Sacramento. So Majors was the one who hired everyone, and he was a devout Christian.” In 1858–1859, Majors hired 5,000 men. Award-winning historian Will Bagley explains that without South Pass and the easy grade it offered to early transcontinental travelers, the history of the United States would have been much different. In addition to the stamps in the case, there is a Wells, Fargo & Co. non-denominated, franked envelope. The California Pony Express Association has been working alongside of several other agencies in an attempt to have the bridge rebuilt for the enjoyment of all that use the Historic Pony Express Trail. Their trails followed the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers west to South Pass, after which they divided into various routes bound for Oregon, Utah or California. Travelers often noted decaying livestock carcasses and thick clouds of gnats; most kept going if they could.
These stamps were used only on mail heading east to St. Joseph, Missouri, and later to Atchison, Kansas.
Fifteen feet in height, he based the rider’s clothing on a description in Mark Twain’s Roughing It (3). The other U.S. Mint medal — labeled “Riders Medallion” — is a bronze medallion of the same size awarded to riders who participated in the National Pony Express Centennial Association Reenactment. One is situated outside Harrah’s in Stateline, Nevada.
Then on to the saddle. He has had ten reproductions made of them. Six of these boxes of materials will be added to the Library’s already extensive Pony Express collection. He stressed that he is not a revisionist.
Today, markers at the summit commemorate the pioneers, the wide expanse of land and sky looks much as it did in pioneer times and “the West,” as Bagley notes, still “opens up for anyone who stands at South Pass.”. Not according to Nardone. Printed on the spine are the words HOLY BIBLE and on the front cover: PRESENTED BY RUSSELL, MAJORS, & WADDELL 1858, If the Pony Express wasn’t started until 1860, why does this Bible have the date 1858 written on it? Joe Nardone has hired Folsom, California artist Stephen W. Ward to create a series of Pony Express paintings.
There is also a 1947 medal that corrects a minor error, removing a line under an “s” in the 1935 issue. Did we miss the auspicious date by one day, the day when the first Pony Express rider would have headed east from Sacramento? In the era before electronic communication, the Pony Express was the thread that tied East to West. These trails remain largely unchanged in Wyoming.
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