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Pony Express Medals
Mail Delivery by Horse 1860-1861
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The Pony Express was a short-lived private mail delivery venture ran from 1860 to 1861. Riders carried mail from Missouri to California and back.
 
Pony Express Diamond Jubilee
1. Pony Express Diamond Jubilee 1860-1935 Oregon Trail Memorial
White metal, 32 mm, 10.87 gm
 
Obverse:
OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL ASS'N.
PONY EXPRESS DIAMOND JUBILEE
1860 1935
 
Reverse:
CHANGING PONIES
RELAY STATION
WHITEHEAD & HOAG (Manufacturer)
 
Pony Express Centennial
2. Pony Express Centennial Medallion 1860-1960
Brass, 38 mm, 16.93 gm
 
Obverse:
Man riding pony to the left
NATIONAL PONY EXPRESS CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION
1860-1960
 
Reverse:
Heads of three men facing half-right
RUSSELL MAJORS WADDELL
FOUNDERS
UNITED STATES COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
Pony Express Monument in Lafayette California
 
Usually the Pony Express route ended in Sacramento California where the mail was transferred to boats headed to San Francisco.
 
However the agency had a land route between Sacramento and San Francisco which was used around 20 times when the riders missed the boat in Sacramento.
 
The land route went through Benicia, via water ferry to Martinez, then through Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, and to Oakland where another ferry took the mail to San Francisco.
 
The towns of Lafayette and Orinda are very proud of their connection to the Pony Express and have installed markers commemorating the service.
 
Pony Express Lafayette
3. Pony Express Monument Lafayette California
IN SEARCH OF THE PONY EXPRESS STATION MARKER
DEDICATED APRIL 23, 1998
LAFAYETTE HOUSE
ADDED STATION
APR. 23, 1860 - SEP. 8, 1861
BY
DIABLO FOODS
BETTER HOMES REALTY - LAFAYETTE
DIAMOND K SUPPLY, LTD.
LAFAYETTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LAFAYETTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PONY EXPRESS TRAIL ASSOCIATION
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