The Young Gettysburg Bread Baker – Jennie Wade

The Pony Express, which some say started as an expensive publicity stunt by the freighting firm Russell, Majors & Waddell to snag a lucrative government mail contract, turned into an 18-month adventure that still captures the imagination of western-history lovers. For more than 132 years, the lore of the Pony Express has endured. Almost yearly, people ride all or parts of the trail on horseback. From its starting point in St. Joseph, Missouri, to its terminus in Sacramento, California, the Express\’ 1,839 miles traversed the \”central route.\” Transportation magnates William H. Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell were betting on this route to triumph over the more popular but longer southern route as the nation\’s choice of mail and passenger service between the Mississippi and California.

Indeed, the idealized vision of the samurai\’s goal was to blend of the art of warfare with other, more traditional, arts such as poetry, painting, or shodo, the art of writing Japanese symbols. Because the samurai formed the foundation for the rest of the Japanese aristocracy, it was crucial that they be educated. This would lead to a surprisingly high rate of literacy amongst this warrior caste.

There were two kinds of stations on the Pony Express route: \”swing,\” or relay stations and home stations. At the swing stations, riders changed horses; at the home stations, riders traded their 50-75 miles in the saddle for a chance to bunk overnight until they were up again to relieve a rider coming from the opposite direction. In some cases, riders earned fame and their reputations when Indian trouble, or the violence of the weather stopped their relief from coming through and they had to double up and ride more than their alloted miles.

According to historians Merrill J. Mattes and Paul Henderson, in their book \”The Pony Express From St. Joseph to Fort Laramie,\” there were 24 stations in the St. Joseph-Fort Kearny division. This does not include Fort Kearny. Mattes and Henderson say that the fort itself didn\’t have a station proper, although there was a stop 40 rods west of the fort (about 220 yards) where the Holliday Stage Lines had a shack at which Pony Express riders may have stopped irregularly to pick up military and civilian mail.

My wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary \”adventuring\” along the First Administrative Division of the historic trail, tracking down monuments and station remains along the way, meeting the people, and having the perfect anniversary celebration for two enthusiasts of the history of the Old West. We chose to limit our travels to the First Division only because we were limited on time and financial resources — and because that first division is located relatively near our home.

Search one of the free social security death indexes to find information on social security cards. You can get a copy of his or her social security card application for a fee, which may provide you with information such as the names of parents, address and date and place of birth. Cemeteries, funeral homes and obituaries can provide you with useful information. Once you begin constructing your family tree, you will enjoy the time you spend learning about everyone; even if there are challenges of finding some family history information. You may find you are related to some very interesting characters and then you can share your findings with future generations.

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