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Pony express

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Warren Lafayette Ball papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8990
Scope and Contents Contains typed copy of Warren Lafayette Ball's journal written in his home in Salt Lake City during the last year of his life (1878) and a copy of "The Travails of Warren Lafayette Ball: Pony Express Rider," (2015) a biography of Ball written by Ohio State University professor Dale W. Adams discussing Warren’s early life and work in establishing the Pony Express. Ball’s journal discusses events that occurred in that year including his service as the guard of Brigham Young's grave and his...
Dates: 1878-2015, bulk 1878

J. E. Broaddus collection of Utah Historical Landmarks Association releases, 1930

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8608 Series 2 Sub-Series Sub-series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include articles released by the Utah Historical Landmarks Association relating to Utah history. These include articles on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the fur trading industry, the Mormon migration, and the Pony Express. Materials dated 1930.

Dates: 1930

Memories of the pony express

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315761]
Identifier: MSS SC 1762
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of Ira Nebeker who helped break wild horses for the Pony express and became a good friend of Bill Cody (Buffalo Bill).

Dates: circa 1950

A travelling ministry : the journals and letters of Thomas Owen King Jr., Latter-day Saint missionary, 1860-1864 / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233247029]
Identifier: MSS 7677
Scope and Contents

Biography of Thomas Owen King, Jr., including letters, journal entries, and photographs. The compiled book documents his experiences as a Mormon missionary in England from 1860 to 1864, and his time as a pony express rider and rancher in Almo, Idaho.

Dates: 2010 June