| Spatial Coverage |
California; Nevada; Utah; Wyoming; Colorado; Nebraska; Kansas; Missouri |
| Date |
1860; 1861; 1960 |
| Title |
Pony Express Route - April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861 |
| Subject |
Pony Express Route; California; Nevada; Utah; Wyoming; Colorado; Nebraska; Kansas; Missouri; United States |
| Publisher |
Uintah County Regional History Center |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1057M |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image, Copyright 2023 Uintah County Regional History Center |
| Website |
uintahhistory.org |
| Owning Institution |
Uintah County Regional History Center |
| Additional Information |
Pony Express Route 1960-1961 -- Pony Express Route April 3, 1860-October 24, 1861 -- Valley of the Great Salt Lake -- Sacramento -- Passing Old Fort Sutter -- Humboldt River -- Through the South Pass -- Sweetwater Station near Rock Independence -- Green River -- Flatte Bridge -- Independence Rock -- St. Joseph -- Kansas City -- Omaha -- Nebraska City -- Old Fort Kearny -- Fort Laramie -- Denver -- Fort Bridger -- Nevada -- Utah -- Nebraska -- California -- Wyoming -- Over this historic route daring young Americans on fleet horses sped night and day while other courageous men kept and supplied the stations along the far-flung, dangerous line. This pioneer fast mail service, maintained despite serious loss to its patriotic promoters, made a notable contribution to our national welfare. The Pony Express, following the direct Northern route, brought our far West much closer to our East, thereby helping to hold our frontier territory with its treasures of gold in our union. It blazed teh way for the overland stage to California, hastened the building of the first transcontinental railroad and telegraph and added one of the most stirring chapters to the history of America's making (Howard R. Driggs) -- This pictographic map is made available through the generous cooperation of the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental railroad, whose lines closely parallel most of the historic Pony Express Route. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s608a86j |
| Setname |
ucl_maps |
| ID |
2339593 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s608a86j |
