Salt Lake pageant marks Celebration with 2000 Indians
Salt Lake City hosts a large Celebration pageant at the University of Utah stadium with about 2,000 Indians. Courier riders will dash through the stadium as part of the events. Other celebrations occur in Cottonwood Marysville Scotts Bluff North Platte Fort Kearny and more along the historic mail route. The Colorado northeast corner area plans a feeder line from Julesburg to Colorado Springs where 52 000 Boy Scouts encamp for the annual Jamboree. The Pony Express and its role in transcontinental communication are noted.
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Pony Express Days Relived in California Centennial Ride
San Rafael will host a Centennial Pony Express reenactment set for July 19 with 1000 horses and riders from eight Western states. William Bradford Waddell’s descendant leads the National Pony Express Centennial Association in a nine day run from St Joseph to Sacramento with 20 pounds of mail per rider.
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