The Pony Express: A Photographic History
- ISBN-10
- 0878424709
- ISBN-13
- 9780878424702
- Series
- The Pony Express
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Mountain Press
- Authors
- Bill Moeller, Jan Moeller
Description
Following the 2,000-mile Pony Express Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, the Moellers photographed sites, remnants, and reconstructions of Pony Express stations, surrounding landscapes, and traces of the trail itself. In the accompanying text, the authors provide a brief history of this unique, eighteen-month business venture, along with dramatic highlights, such as Pony Bob Haslam's astounding 380-mile ride, Uncle Nick Wilson's survival of an arrow in his skull, and Wild Bill Hickok's gunfight with David McCanles at Rock Creek Station in Nebraska.
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