Awesome Historical Poster PLUS Research Documents

Check out this 8-1/2 x 11 inch poster of the Pony Express recruiting flyer (see photo below) Nice and suitable for framing.

Plus you get the DEATH CERTIFICATES of some of those who actually rode for the Pony Express!

The Pony Express carried mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California from April 1860 to November 1861. Riders rode horses in 10 mile increments along the route to move the mail across the country as fast as possible. Usually taking about 10 days.

What you get here:

You get 14 DEATH CERTIFICATES copies of these actual Pony Express riders who risked their lives to deliver the mail!!!! WOW! These copies were obtained from the state in which they passed and provide much interesting information about each of these Pony Express heroes. Great for study or research. What a cool conversation piece these would be!!!!

JAMES W. BRINK Carried mail on the inital run of the Express, receiving the west-bound mochile on April 4, 1860. Brink worked at the Rock Creek Station with Wild Bill Hickok. (Hickok was assistant stock keeper at the time) Brink later served as a scout during the Indian Wars. He died in 1912 AND YOU CAN HAVE A COPY OF HIS ACTUAL DEATH CERTIFICATE!

CHARLES CLIFF Rode the Pony Express from St. Joseph, MO to Seneca, Kansas from May 1861 to November 1861. After the Express, Cliff drove an ox team on the Platte Trail to Denver and narrowly escaped death in an Indian skirmish.. Later he ran a flour and feed store n St. Joseph, MO. He died in 1924.

JACK (JOHN H) KEETLEY At 19 he rode from Marysville to Big Sandy. He was one of the few riders whjo rode the entire 19 months the Pony Express existed. He was born in England on Nov. 28, 1841. He once rode for 340 miles without a rest for food or sleep. He later worked as a miner in Utah until his death on October 2, 1912.

FRANK GOULD: Rode out of St. Joseph, MO. In addition to the years that Frank Gould served as a Pony Express rider, he had many other jobs during his lifetime, including a Methodist circuit rider, soldier, carpenter/cabinet maker.

MICHAEL WHALEN: Born in NY he moved to Missouri in about 1850. Later he went to Salt Lake City where in April 1861 he was hired to ride the Pony Express from Salt Lake to Camp Floyd. He served 2 months as a rider and then went on to join the US Army fighting in numerous Civil War battles. When he returned from the war he took up residence in St. Joseph, MO where he worked as a Grading Contractor. He died at the age of 75.

JOHN PHILLIP KOERNER Brought to St. Joseph in about 1852. At age 15 he became a relief rider for the Pony Express out of St. Joseph, MO. He filled in for the famous Johnny Fry. In later life he was a scout for the Union Army in the Civil War and was also a carpenter who built coaches for the Hannibal-St. Joseph Railroad. He died at the age of 85 in St. Joseph, MO in 1930.

HENRY TUCKETT Born: September 24, 1831, London, England Died: January 30, 1923 at age 91 !!!

Came to Utah with his wife Mercy Westwood, his mother, brothers and sister. Employed by the Pony Express company as a rider, he rode on Howard Egan's Division west of Salt Lake City. He was one of the party organized by Egan to go out along the line to the west in 1860 and put it back into operation after the Indians had disrupted it. He was the father of fourteen children. Mr. Tuckett was one of the last surviving Pony Express riders.

HOWARD RANSOM EGAN Born in Salem, Massachusetts on April 12, 1840. When he was 8 years old his family moved with the Mormons to near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Howard was a Pony Express rider. He apparently was assigned at a number of different stations, and actually built several of them himself. Most of his time during the short Pony Express period was spent around the Deep Creek area. He recorded many of his Pony Express experiences which were publish in the book Pioneering The West. Egan settled in Cache Valley and raised a large family. He started a successful mine and 2 sawmills. He died on March 14, 1916.

CHARLES PECK THOMPSON (Cyclone Charlie) Was born March 11, 1843 in Monroe County, West Virginia and came to St. Joseph in about 1858 with his family. He filled in for one month on the Pony Express while Johnny Fry was sick. He later served in the Confederate Army. He died June 27, 1927 and was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri.

ANDREW OLLIE ANDERSON Was born June 20, 1842 in Sweden. He rode between Salt Lake and Robert's Creek on Howard Egan's division of the Express. He later served in the Black Hawk Indian War and was one of the first Marshals of Ephraim, Utah. He died at the age of 86 on Feb. 11, 1929 in Utah.

ROBERT HASLAM "Pony Bob" as he was called rode for the Pony Express and is credited with a 380-mile round trip ride, the longest on record. He worked for Wells, Fargo & Company and later went on to become a Deputy US Marshal. He lived his final times in Chicago where he died on Feb. 29, 1912

JOSIAH ENGLISH Born: November 13, 1833 in Williamstown, Gloucester Co., New Jersey Died: August 1, 1916 in Loveland, Hamilton Co., Ohio He rode at the Eastern end of the route. Later Josiah became a Methodist circuit rider sometime after his Pony Express career. He was also enlisted as a Private in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War. He was a broom maker at some point in his life.

NELSON EDWARD JACOBS Born: September 20, 1846 in Cincinnati, Ohio Died: April 3, 1933 in Memphis, TN Civil War veteran and Pony Express Messenger, he was an adventurer and veteran railroad man, living to the ripe age of 86 years. Born in Cincinnati, Mr. Jacobs learned the trade of a telegrapher almost as a child. He joined the Confederate army as a scout and telegrapher. Soon after his enlistment, however, he was captured and held in Leavenworth prison until the end of the war. Released, he decided to go adventuring in the west. In California he obtained a job as a pony express rider.* On one of his trips across the plains he was ambushed by Indians, who wounded him with a poisoned arrow. After robbing him they left him for dead. He was found by another rider, who with a knife cut the flesh away from a wound in his thigh. He carried a scar from this crude operation through his life. When wires were strung across the country he acted for a time as telegraph operator.

SAMUEL H. GILSON Supplied horses for the Pony Express in Nevada. He was a colorful figure in American history, once serving as a Federal Marshal and then prospecting for gold, and later discovering gilsonite. He died in Utah in 1933.

These are DEATH CERTIFICATES copies and each measures 8 1/2x11 inches and provide much interesting information about each rider including::

Date of birth, date of death, state and county and city of death, father?s name, mother?s maiden name (usually) cemetery buried in, occupation at time of death and other interesting facts about the deceased. Really cool.

I ship in 9x12 envelope to protect your documents.