Envelope, Pony Express, 1861; Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company

ID: 663 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, 7648-284 ~ Date: 1861
This file appears in: The Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express
Envelope, Pony Express, 1861; Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company
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Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, San Francisco, California. Mailed to Canton, Missouri

This file appears in: The Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express

By The Explore Nebraska History team
In the spring of 1859 William H. Russell and John S. Jones established The Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express to carry passengers and freight from the Missouri River to the Colorado gold fields. The route crossed northern Kansas, detouring…