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Last Pony Express Route Still Rides Through Arizona Trails
B S Whiting operates the Copper Creek to Sombrero Butte mail run three times weekly on burros nicknamed Irish Pat and Job. He claims speed rivaling autos, though floods and canyons threaten. airmail from Tucson also reaches the line.
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Pony Express
Copper Creek
Sombrero Butte
Arizona
Whiting
Pat
Job
INCE
Canaries
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Tucson
Ariz
Sombyero Butte
Harold Collins
William N. Miller
Miller
Sombrero Butte Pony Express
Fies
Russell, Majors and Waddell
Missouri
California
Salt Lake City
Atlantic
Pacific