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The Pony Express
[April 1860 to October 1861]
![1900 painting "The Coming and Going of The Pony Express" by Frederick Remington [1861-1909]](images/Coming&GoingPonyExpress1900_byFRemington.jpg "1900 painting \"The Coming and Going of The Pony Express\" by Frederick Remington [1861-1909]") | short history |
"Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider . . . The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days
– an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time."
— 'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917]
Wanting better communication with the West Coast in case the rumblings of the Southern states escalated into war, President Lincoln and Congress authorized the Pony Express, which launched service on 3 April 1860 between St. Joseph on the Missouri River and Sacramento, California (by then connected to San Francisco by railroad). The 1,800-mile route took ten days each way and went thru Kansas, Nebraska Territory, Colorado Territory, and Wyoming Territory, to Salt Lake City in Utah Territory, across the Great Desert in Nevada Territory, past Lake Tahoe and over Donner Pass in California to terminus at Sacramento. The Pony Express had 157 relay stations; a day's work was ten miles for a horse and sixty miles for a rider.
The U.S. Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on 12 April 1861. The Pony Express continued operation until the transcontinental telegraph was completed in October 1861; the assets of the Pony Express were later absorbed by Wells Fargo & Co. [est. 1852].
Pony Express entry at Wikipedia
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The Route of The Pony Express
The 1,800-mile route began at St. Joseph on the Missouri River and followed westward along the Oregon Trail and the California Trail thru Kansas, Nebraska Territory,
and Colorado Territory to Fort Bridger in Wyoming Territory, then followed the Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City in Utah Territory, across the Great Desert in Nevada Territory,
past Lake Tahoe and over Donner Pass in California to terminus in Sacramento.
Pony Express National Historic Trail [est. 1968]
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-ponyexpressstations.html
St. Joseph, Missouri
Pony Express National Museum [est. 1959] in St. Joseph, MO
http://www.StJoMo.com
http://www.PonyExpressJesseJames.com = Patee House Hotel [est. 1858]
http://www.StJosephMuseum.org
Marysville, Kansas
http://www.nps.gov/poex/planyourvisit/site3.htm
Ft. Kearny, Nebraska
Julesberg, Colorado
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pony Express Territory of Nevada
major Pony Express stations in the Nevada Territory were - east to west - at Great Basin, Ely, Eureka, Austin,
Fallon, Dayton, Fernley, and Friday's Station (now Stateline)
Pony Express Territory of California [est. 1978]
Books About The Pony Express
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"The Story of The Pony Express [orig 1901] by Frank A. Root & William Elsey Connelley
32-page excerpt from their much larger "The Overland Stage To California" book of 1901
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Pony-Express-ebook/dp/B008KNLSC8/
"The Overland Stage To California: Personal Reminiscences & Authentic History of The Great Overland Stage Line" [1901]
by Frank A. Root & William Elsey Connelley
http://www.amazon.com/Overland-California-Personal-Reminiscences-Authentic/dp/1290875502/
 | "A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pony Express: or, Blazing The Westward Way - With Other Sketches and Incidents of Those Stirring Times" [1908] by William Lightfoot Visscher [1842-1924] Kindle Edition from Digital Text Publng [10/2011] for $2.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [7/2015] for $6.99 Charles T. Powner hardcover [1946] out of print/used |
"The Story of The Pony Express" [A.C. McClurg & Co. 1913] by Glenn Danford Bradley
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Pony-Express-ebook/dp/B004TR0G68/
"Jack of the Pony Express: or, The Young Rider of The Mountain Trails" [1915] by Frank V. Webster
http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Pony-Express-Frank-Webster/dp/3849197174/
http://www.amazon.com/Express-Young-Mountain-Trails-ebook/dp/B00AQM9VDO/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8410.html.noimages
"The Pony Express: The Record of A Romantic Adventure In Business"
[G.P. Putnam's Sons 1932] by Arthur Chapman /0815403917/
  | "The Pony Express" Western history book [1950] by Samuel Hopkins Adams [1871-1958], Illustrated by Lee J. Ames A dashing and dramatic non-fiction account of the nineteen months of the operation of the Pony Express, from its formation by Russell, Majors and Waddell, through the elaborate preparations, the start in April 1860, the months of storms, Indians, and unbelievable heroism in men and horses, to the ignominious end, with lack of funds and the jailing of one of the partners. Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [11/62] out of print/used Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1950] out of print/50+ used Random House hardcover [1950] out of print/many used |
"Saddles and Spurs: The Pony Express Saga" [Stackpole 1955 / Bison Books 1972]
by Raymond & Mary Settle
http://www.amazon.com/Saddles-Spurs-Pony-Express-Bison/dp/0803257651/
"Pony Express" [Macmillan/Bison Books 1973] by Fred Reinfeld ISBN 9780803257863.
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-Bison-Book-Reinfeld/dp/0803257864/
 | "The Derby Man Series #4: The Pony Express War" Western novel [1980] by Gary McCarthy Darby Buckingham hires on to protect the Pony Express mail service and is soon fighting hostile Paiute Indians, Southern sympathizers, paid troublemakers, and an evil giant named Tully. Bantam Books mass pb [8/80] out of print/used |
 | "The Saga of The Pony Express" [2002] by Joseph J. Di Certo Many historical photographs; the book was optioned by DreamWorks, circa 2002. Mountain Press Publng 9x6 pb [5/2002] for $14.87 Mountain Press Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] for $26.10 |
"The Pony Express: A Photographic History" [May 2003] by Jan Moeller and Bill Moeller
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-Photographic-History/dp/0878424709/
"Orphans Preferred" [9/2004] by C. Corbett
http://www.amazon.com/Orphans-Preferred-Twisted-Lasting-Express/dp/0767906934/
"Riders of The Pony Express" [Sept 2004] by Ralph Moody
http://www.amazon.com/Riders-Pony-Express-Ralph-Moody/dp/0803283059/
"The Pony Express: An Illustrated History" [Dec 2009] by Carol Guthrie and Bart Smith
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-Illustrated-History/dp/0762748168/
"The Pony Express Trail: Yesterday and Today" [March 2010] by William E. Hill
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-Trail-Yesterday-Today/dp/0870044761/
"The Mail Must Go Through: A Story of The Pony Express" [Oct 2012] by Alan James & Richard Osborne
http://www.amazon.com/Mail-Must-Go-Through-Express/dp/125848949X/
 | "The Pony Express Rides Again (Doc & Johnny Old West Mysteries Book #3)" [2014] by David Drake Johnny uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of a Pony Express rider some twenty years before and investigates with his new friend, Jericho; they explore one of the original Pony Express station buildings, spend a night in a cave to escape a dangerous blizzard, find the skeleton of the young rider, and eventually put the clues together and bring to justice the outlaws who did harm to the boy. Kindle Edition from Family of Man Press [8/2014] for $7.99 indep 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $7.99 |
 | "The Pony Express In Utah (Images of America Series)" [2015] by Patrick Hearty & Dr. Joseph Hatch 131-page Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [4/2015] for $9.99 128-page Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [4/2015] for $21.99 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [4/2015] for $25.12 "The Pony Express Stations in Utah" [indep 2015?] by Patrick Hearty, Photographs by Dr. Joseph Hatch 79-page indep pb [2012?] for $12.95 |
 | "The Pony Express Romance Collection: Historic Express Mail Route Delivers Nine Inspiring Romances" [2017] nine novellas or short stories in 448 pages {averaging 50 pages each}; authors are Barbara Tifft Blakey, Mary Davis, Darlene Franklin, Cynthia Hickey, Maureen Lang, Debby Lee, Donna Schlachter, Connie Stevens, and Pegg Thomas Kindle Edition from Barbour Books [4/2017] for $9.99 Barbour Books 9x6 pb [4/2017] for $9.83 |
Movies About The Pony Express
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"Pony Express" silent short [Kalem Company June 1907]
The Pony Express rider is entrusted with a packet of money; a band of Mexican vaqueros waylays him and steals the packet; the hero is saved by his faithful horse
and he rides back to give the alarm; the cowboys form a posse and after a thrilling chase the villain is captured and the money recovered
Starring Sidney Olcott, Fred Santley, Joseph Santley, Robert G. Vignola
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available bare credits at IMDb
"The Pony Express Rider" silent short [1910] /tt0001365/
"Days of The Pony Express" silent short [Essanay Sept 1913]
Filmed in Niles, California; directed by Arthur Mackley; starring Carl Stockdale, Harry Todd, Evelyn Selbie, Lee Willard,
Bill Cato, True Boardman, Jack Roberts
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available credits at IMDb
"The Pony Express Rider" silent short [1916] /tt0007200/
"The Pony Express Rider" silent short [1921] /tt0012576/
"The Iron Horse" silent feature [Fox Aug 1924]
 | When President Lincoln signs authorization to build a transcontinantal railroad, the chief contractor of one section and his daughter are helped by a childhood friend now riding for the Pony Express mail service. Directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; starring George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull {as Abe Lincoln}, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling, George Waggner, Gladys Hulette & Fred Kohler
Fox b&w silent DVD [12/2007] 2 disks for $9.49 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Pony Express" silent feature
[Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sept 1925]
 | Original release on ten reels (110 minutes), prints were quickly cut down to 5 reels (67 minutes); story includes independent road agents, a mad preacher, and lynchings by hooded Klan types, with Beery as comic relief. Produced & directed by James Cruze; co-written by Henry James Forman & Walter Woods; starring Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft, Frank Lackteen, Johnny Fox, William H. Turner, Al Hart, Charles Gerson {as Sam Clemens} & Duke Kahanamoku {as Indian Chief}
Grapevine Video 67-minute b&w silent DVD [6/2012] for $14.95 + s/h (via Amazon third party) full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Pony Express Rider" silent feature [Aywon Film March 1926]
 | Produced & directed by Robert J. Horner; starring William Barrymore {as 'Kit' Carson} & Pauline Curley VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available bare credits at IMDb |
"Pioneers of The West" silent feature [William Mix Productions June 1927]
 | A Pony Express rider is captured by Paiute Indians and falls for a white girl captured and raised by them; he escapes and then attempts to rescue her. (Script by star Dorothy Earle and her husband, who directed.) Directed by Marcel Perez; written by Dorothy Earle & Marcel Perez; starring Dick Carter, Dorothy Earle, Olin Francis, Bud Osborne & Gene Crosby
Alpha Home Ent. Double Feature b&w DVD [9/2011] for $5.98 with "Flashing Steeds" [1925] credits at IMDb |
"Via Pony Express" sound feature [Majestic Pictures 1933]
 | The government sends papers of approval for land grant deeds by Pony Express; land-grabber Porter leads a gang robbing Pony Express riders of the papers; rider Buck Carson is left for dead in the desert but survives, and then recognizes Porter as the gang leader . . . Co-written & directed by Lewis D. Collins; co-written by Oliver Drake; starring Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, Julian Rivero, Doris Hill, Joseph W. Girard, Charles K. French, Yakima Canutt & Dynamite the Horse full credits at IMDb
Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2011] for $6.98 |
"Winds of The Wasteland" [Republic Pictures July 1936]
 | aka "Stagecoach Run"; two Pony Express riders lose their jobs when the telegraph arrives, so they buy a run-down stagecoach line, which turns out to service an abandoned mining town . . . Directed by Mack V. Wright; written by Joseph F. Poland; starring John Wayne, Phyllis Fraser, Lane Chandler, Lew Kelly, Douglas Cosgrove, Sam Flint, Bob Kortman, Ed Cassidy, Jon Hall, Merrill McCormick, Christian J. Frank, Jack Rockwell, Arthur Millett, Tracy Layne, Yakima Canutt & Helen Gibson
Good Times Video b&w DVD [8/2003] for $3.20 {sic} Synergy Ent. b&w DVD [10/2008] for $9.99 A.F.A. Ent. b&w DVD [5/2010] for $10.95 Republic Pictures b&w VHS [1998] for $2.35 {sic} full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Cavalcade of The West" [Diversion/Grand National Pictures Oct 1936]
 | Filmed in Southern California; a California-bound wagon train is attacked by bandits; one brother is captured and raised as an outlaw, the other escapes with his mother & sister to Missouri and grows up to become a crack rider for the Pony Express; when next they meet, one brother is robbing the other of the mail . . . Directed by Harry L. Fraser; written by Norman Houston; starring Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Adam Goodman, Nina Guilbert, Earl Dwire, Phil Dunham, Robert McKenzie & Steve Clark
Alpha Home Ent. Double Feature b&w DVD [9/2011] for $7.98 with "Swifty" [1935] A.F.A. Ent. b&w DVD [2/2010] for $14.95 V.C.I./F.F.I. b&w VHS [3/2001] for $9.49 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Outlaw Express" [Universal 1938] /tt0030537/
"Ready To Ride" [Oct 1950] 30-minute re-edit of Universal's 1938 "Outlaw Express"
"The Overland Express" Western feature [Coronet/Columbia Pictures April 1938]
 | Buck Dawson and some businessmen in Sacramento establish the Pony Express over the High Sierras; competitor Hawley runs a stage line over the same route and has the U. S. Mail contract; when it looks like the Pony Express will be awarded the mail contract, Hawley gives guns to the Indians and tells them to attack both the riders and the stations of the Pony Express; filmed around Kernville, California Produced by L.G. Leonard; directed by Drew Eberson; screenplay by Monroe Shaff; starring Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Maston Williams, William Arnold, Lew Kelly, Bud Osborne, Ben Taggart, Gene Alsace, Ben Corbett, Tom B. Forman, Jim Mason, Monte Montague, Matty Roubert, Ted Wells, Blackie Whiteford, Bob Woodward, and Buck's horse Silver
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb |
"Porky's Phoney Express" b&w cartoon short
[Warner Bros./Vitaphone/Looney Tunes March 1938]
 | Porky's job at the Pony Express office is to clean up and lick envelopes. When a rider is unable to get past the Indians, Porky has his chance . . . Produced by Leon Schlesinger; directed by Cal Dalton & Cal Howard; story by Melvin Millar; voices of Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb watch b&w cartoon [5/2017 upload; 7:09] online at YouTube watch colorized version [6/2017 upload; 7:09] online at YouTube |
"Frontier Pony Express" b&w feature film
[Republic Pictures April 1939 & Jan 1949]
 | Senator Lassiter's plans to take advantage of the Civil War and seize control of California are upset when Pony Express rider Roy Rogers refuses a bribe to deliver forged messages to Army officials; Roy sings two songs Co-produced & directed by Joseph Kane; written by Norman S. Hall; starring Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Raymond Hatton, Edward Keane, Noble Johnson, Monte Blue, Don Dillaway, William Royle, Ethel Wales, Spade Cooley, Chris-Pin Martin, George Montgomery, Carl Stockdale & Trigger the Horse
Alpha Home Ent. 60?-minute b&w DVD [2/2009] for $7.98 Reel Enterprises 54-minute b&w DVD [11/2007] for $8.85 Timeless Multimedia 54-minute b&w VHS [5/98] for $4.98 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [11/2013 upload; 53:04] online at YouTube watch shorter but sharper TV version [10/2010 upload; 52:47] online at Internet Archive |
"Overland Mail" b&w feature film [Monogram Pictures Nov 1939]
 | Overland Mail riders Jack Mason and his pal Porchy and an undercover federal agent round up a gang of counterfeiters and turn the gang leader over to the Indians for murdering a member of the tribe Produced & written by Robert Emmett Tansey; directed by Robert F. Hill; starring Jack Randall, Vince Barnett, Jean Joyce, Tristram Coffin, George Cleveland, Dennis Moore, Glenn Strange, Jimmie Fox, Maxine Leslie, Hal Price, Merrill McCormick, Joe Garcio, Harry Semels, Iron Eyes Cody, Victor Adamson, Hank Bell, Victor Cox, George Morrell, with Rusty the Wonder Horse
Sinister Cinema b&w DVD [8/2009] for $8.37 Sinister Cinema b&w DVD [8/2009] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Pony Express Days" b&w 2-reeler [July 1940] /tt0032922/
A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot by a Southern sympathizer
Directed by B. Reeves Eason, starring George Reeves, David Bruce, Frank Wilcox, J. Farrell MacDonald
"Pony Post" [Universal Pictures Dec 1940 & Aug 1948] /tt0032923/ starring Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight
"Saddle Silly" color cartoon short [Nov 1941] /tt0034141/
"Devil Riders" [1943] starring Buster Crabbe as Pony Express rider Billy The Kid /tt0035804/
"Plainsman and The Lady" [1946] /tt0038846/ starring Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston
"Riders of The Pony Express" (1949) /tt0232534/ starring Ken Curtis
"Cody of The Pony Express" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures 1950] /tt0042335/
Columbia Pictures [1961 theatrical re-release]
"Puny Express" Woody Woodpecker cartoon short [Jan 1951] /tt0152105/
"Pony Express" [Paramount May 1953]
 | Filmed in Technicolor in California & Utah; fictional tale of 'Buffalo Bill' Cody and 'Wild Bill' Hickok working together on the Pony Express, battling hostile Injuns, California secessionists, and multiple gangs of outlaws to keep the mail service in operation. Directed by Jerry Hopper; script by Charles Marquis Warren, based on a story by Frank Gruber; starring Charlton Heston as Cody, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker as Hickok, Michael Moore, Porter Hall {as Jim Bridger}, Richard Shannon, Henry Brandon, Stuart Randall, Lewis Martin & Pat Hogan {as Chief Yellow Hand}
Olive Films color DVD [4/2012] for $16.93 Paramount Home Video color VHS [1998] for $20.00 Kartes Video clamshell color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Last of The Pony Riders" [Columbia Pictures Nov 1953]
 | Autry tries to protect his U.S. mail contract as the Pony Express is replaced by stagecoach lines and the telegraph. {Final feature film for both Autry & Burnette; they each sing one song.} Directed by George Archainbaud; written by Ruth Woodman; starring Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette, Kathleen Case, Dickie Jones, John Downey, Howard Wright, Arthur Space, Gregg Barton, Kermit Maynard & Champion the Wonder Horse
Image Ent. 'fully-restored' b&w DVD [12/2007] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb |
"Pony Express" TV series [1959-60]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express_(TV_series)
"Pony Express Rider" [Nov 1976 video release]
 | Filmed in Texas and Los Angeles; a young rider hired by the Pony Express mail service is on the lookout for the men who killed his father years before. Co-produced & co-written by Dan Greer & Hal Harrison; co-written & directed by Robert Totten; starring Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Buck Taylor, Maureen McCormick, Ken Curtis, Joan Caulfield, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Ace Reid, Jack Elam, Larry D. Mann, James Almanzar, Dennis Lehane & Bea Morris
full credits at IMDb
Doty-Dayton Prodns color DVD [11/76] for $5.64 Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD [9/2010] for $6.97 HaleStone Ent. color DVD [9/2008] for $9.76 United American Video color VHS [10/98] for $26.45 Virgil Films & Ent. color VHS [11/95] out of prodn/used |
"The Young Riders" TV pilot [MGM-TV 1986]
Exec produced & co-written by Jonas McCord; co-written by Karen Erbach & Bruce Reisman;
actors include Dennis Lehane, Ron Ford & Kerry Wallum
bare credits at IMDb
"The Young Riders" ABC-TV series [Sept 1989 - July 1992]
 | Total of 67 one-hour episodes; pilot filmed in California, further episodes at Mescal Movie Ranch south of Tucson, Arizona; the stories focused on a group of riders based at the Pony Express station at Sweetwater in Nebraska Territory. Exec produced by Jonas McCord; starring Stephen Baldwin as Bill Cody, Josh Brolin as James Butler Hickok, Ty Miller as The Kid, Anthony Zerbe, Brett Cullen, Travis Fine, Melissa Leo, Gregg Rainwater, Yvonne Suhor, Don Franklin, Christopher Pettiet {as Jesse James}; guest actors included Jamie Walters {as Frank James} & Frederic Forrest; won Primetime Emmy Awards for Costumes & Music
series credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia "24-Hour Marathon" on DVD: a hodgepodge of episodes from the three seasons T.G.G. Direct color DVD [10/2012] 32 episodes on 8 disks for $16.90 |
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Complete Season 1 on DVD [2013]: pilot & 23 episodes
T.G.G. Direct color DVD set [2/2013] 5 disks for $13.18 M.G.M. Video & DVD color DVD set [3/2006] 5 disks for $30.79 "Best of Season 1" on DVD [2012]: pilot and five episodes T.G.G. Direct color DVD set [8/2012] 2 disks for $4.99 Complete Season 2 on DVD [someday?]: 21 episodes sign up to be notified when Season 2 becomes available at Amazon Complete Season 3 on DVD: 22 episodes [2013] T.G.G. Direct color DVD set [2/2013] 5 disks for $13.18 |
'The Young Riders' Webring - 42 member sites (2013)
Kathy of Australia's 'The Young Riders' fansite {last update 2005}
Wendy's 'The Young Riders' fansite {last update 2006}
"The Pony Express" [1991] starring Leif Garrett, John Quade, Mitchell Ryan
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-Leif-Garrett/dp/B0002KP2L0/
"Pony Express" [2003] narrated by country singer Red Steagall
http://www.amazon.com/Pony-Express-VHS/dp/B00005QASC/
"Days of The Pony Express" docudrama [indep 2008]
 | A docudrama about the history of the Pony Express mail service; film was produced, written, co-directed & edited by Jim Conlon (as Scout Pictures) for the Pony Express Museum and the St. Joseph Missouri Visitors Bureau; not listed on either IMDb or Wikipedia; co-directed by John Morris; credited actors include Justin Rother, Joey Culbertson, Penny Arnold & Chandler Farmer; filmed in Missouri & Kansas.
not listed on IMDb watch official trailer [1:20] at YouTube DVD for sale at The Pony Express National Museum Gift Shop |
"The Pony Express" and "The History of The Oregon Trail" - two programs on 1 DVD (2009)
http://www.amazon.com/History-Oregon-Trail-Pony-Express/dp/B002LMJTMA/
"Spirit of The Pony Express" [2012] /tt1583724/ 150th anniversary re-enactment
http://www.spiritoftheponyexpress.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/17273148 trailer #1 [3:56]
http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Pony-Express-C-LongHammer/dp/B00AMQG8NU/
"Echo of Hoofbeats: The Pony Express Story" [undated] by Hal McClure
http://www.amazon.com/Echo-Hoofbeats-Express-Story-McClure/dp/B003QZKS58/
Art Works & Other Media
"The Pony Express: A Revolution In Transportation" documentary short [March 2013]
by Kaylee Harrington & Adam Vanasse
watch video [8:51] free online at YouTube
L i n k s
Pony Express entry at Wikipedia
National Pony Express Historical Assn. [est. 1978] based in California
N.P.E.H.A. entry at Wikipedia
Pony Express National Museum [est. 1959] in St. Joseph, Missouri
Pony Express Museum entry at Wikipedia
Pony Express National Historic Trail [est. 1968]
Hash Knife Pony Express annual ride [2017 = #59] based in Holbrook, Arizona
Bill Buck's "National Trails Guide" booksite
Pony Express convenience stores [est. 1996] five locations in Iowa & Nebraska
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