Pony Express Centennial Association records, 1958-1970.
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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....
Pony-Express
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Burgess, Edwin H. (Edwin Haines), 1888-
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Mr. Edwin Burgess, a lawyer with wide railroad experience, was chosen in 1960 to represent the interests of the Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore in the proposed merger of the Atlantic and the Seaboard. Mercantile held fiduciary control over nearly 35 per cent of the Atlantic Coast Line and thus would gain a controlling interest in the newly merged company. This new railroad would bring together the 5,573 miles of track of the Atlantic with the 4,146...
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...
