Administered by Pony Express National Memorial 914 Penn Street, P. O. Box 244 St. Joseph Missouri 64502
Located Civic Center Triangle 10th & Frederick Streets St. Joseph Missouri
Date:
Dedicated April 20, 1940. 1946
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1995.
Image on file.
St. Joseph Gazette, April 18, 1940, pg. 1.
H.A. Macneil 1940 (On front of base:) THE/PONY EXPRESS (On two sides of base:) THE PONY EXPRESS/ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI signed
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Summary:
A Pony Express rider on a galloping horse. The rider holds the reins with his proper left hand and whips the horse with the whip in his proper right hand. The rider wears a cowboy hat, and has a gun in a holster at his hip. The horse is in mid-gallop with both front legs lifted from the ground. There are native plants at its feet. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular tiered base that is enclosed by a fence.
