Pony Express Centennial Association Records, 1957-1976

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Pony Express Centennial Association Records, 1957-1976

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The Pony Express Centennial Association was incorporated (1958) tofoster and facilitate commemorations of the centennial of the Pony Express (1860-1861). The man principally responsible for promoting thisAssociation was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Waddell Smith, a grandson of one of the partners in the firm Russell, Majors and Waddell which had operated the Pony Express. The Records of the Pony Express Centennial Association consist principally of the correspondence of Waddell Smith. The collection also contains financial records, reports, clippings, other materials Smith gathered and some correspondence of Edwin H. Burgess, Director of the Washington D.C. Branch of the Centennial Association.

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University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections

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Pony Express Centennial Association

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Incorporated (1958) to commemorate Pony Express centennial (1860/61-1960/61). Widely promoted by Waddell Smith, descendant of an original partner, collector of Pony Express artifacts and authority on company history. President Eisenhower served as honorary chairman. Board of Directors included postmaster general and director of National Park Service. Waddell Smith served as president. Association activities included a multi-state historical marker program and a two-way reenactment across origina...

Halbert, Sherrill, 1901-

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Sacramento, Calif. jurist, amateur historian. Halbert was a director of Pony Express Centennial Association (1957-1961). He was administrator of many Association projects including creation of trail markers. Halbert also penned about twenty "Pony Express Days" vignettes. From the description of Sherrill Halbert papers, 1957-1981. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 35329129 Biography Biographi...

Burgess, Edwin H. (Edwin Harcus), né 1858

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Smith, Waddell F.

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Waddell F. Smith was the proprietor of the Pony Express Museum in San Rafael, California. From the description of Waddell F. Smith Correspondence, 1958. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 231696264 Historian, collector. Great grandson of William B. Waddell, member of freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell, founders of Pony Express (1860). This company also organized Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company mail and passenger services....