COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Jackson, William Henry
Author:
Driggs, Howard R.
Date:
1961
Short Title:
Pony Express route April 3, 1860 - October 24. 1861
Publisher:
American Pioneer Trails Association
Publisher Location:
Bayside, New York
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
76
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
A variant edition with additional note in red in the lower middle of the view. Pictorial map. Shows route of Pony Express with names and location of relay stations. Includes text by Howard R. Driggs, and color vignettes of Court House Rock, Chimney Rock, Old Fort Kearny, Buffalo in the Valley of the Platte, Old Fort Laramie, Relay station near Utah Desert, Sacramento - passing Old Fort Sutter, etc. Route covers 1,600 miles with total of 190 stations every twenty miles from California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Each of these stations was staffed and equipped to provide a fresh horse for each of the eighty riders who made a 120-mile ride before handing the mail off to the next man. In this manner, the mail could be delivered between St. Joseph, Missouri, across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California, in just 10 days.
State/Province:
U.S. West
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Pony Express route April 3, 1860 - October 24. 1861. Issued by the American Pioneer Trails Association in Commemoration of the Pony Express Centennial, April 3, 1960 - October 24, 1961. W.H. Jackson.
List No:
10025.000
Publication Author:
Jackson, William Henry
Publication Author:
Driggs, Howard R.
Pub Date:
1961
Pub Title:
Pony Express route April 3, 1860 - October 24. 1861. Issued by the American Pioneer Trails Association in Commemoration of the Pony Express Centennial, April 3, 1960 - October 24, 1961. W.H. Jackson.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
10025.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
26
Pub Width cm:
76
Image No:
10025000.jp2
Authors:
Jackson, William Henry; Driggs, Howard R.
