Pony Express Trail - 100 Years - Virginia City, NV
N 39° 18.620 W 119° 38.973
11S E 271560 N 4354563
This commemorative Pony Express Trail marker stands in the center of town, on a large, four-sided, composite rock base monument, with informative plaques on each side describing historical events and people of Virginia City, Nevada.
Waymark Code: WMGCYT
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2013
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"The National Pony Express Centennial Association was created in 1960 and worked with committees within each of the trail states to organize and conduct a 100th anniversary re-ride. This event attracted state and national attention with included the participation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the issuing of a commemorative coin by the United States Department of Treasury and the United States Postal Service." (
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This monument is situated on the edge of a parking lot on the east side of C Street, between Union Street and Taylor Street. This is one of seven historical markers attached to the monument, it reads:
"National Pony Express Centennial Association Trail Marker
1860-61 1960-61
Sacremento to St. Joseph
Russell, Majors, Waddell
Founders Owners Operators
Pony Express"
In addition, the marker depicts, in relief art, a Pony Express rider and his horse racing along the route from St. Joseph to Sacramento, as well as, the portraits of the founders/owners/operators of the Pony Express.
"Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. Its primary mission was to deliver mail and news between St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California." (
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"It is hard to believe that young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only 10 days. This relay system along the Pony Express National Historic Trail in eight states was the most direct and practical means of east-west communications before the telegraph." (
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