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Pony Express Riders in Enduring Southwest Legend
Reprint of May 1949 New Mexico Magazine piece recalling two Pony Express riders who died in Shakespeare and Knight's Ranch region in 1877 and the dangers they faced. It details their last runs from St Joseph to San Francisco, hardships with Indians, the riders shot and killed, and local reminiscences from family members in the Shakespeare area.
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St Joseph
Francisco
Salt Lake
Butterfield
States
Bulidt
Mexico
Shakespeare
Grant
St. Joseph San Francisco
San Francisco
New Mexico
Arizona
Shakespeare Petty
Silver City
Fort Bow
Amas A. Wood
S Peare
Conner
Texas
FE. C. de
Joe Wood
Secs
Knight’s Ranch
Lordsburg
U. S
Stein’s Pass
Ward
Apache Pass
Fort Bowie
New Mexico-Arizona
Knight's Ranch
Clifton
Globe
Pony Express
Sarah Ann Knight
Stage Station
Anthony Baldwin Conner
Lucinda Elizabeth Riehl
Mary Josephine Swan
Knight
Joseph Elijah Conner
Mamie Cooke
Portales