Pony Express: Bibliography

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Primary sources:
 
  • www.about.com. Research website.

    I used this website to find online resources for my project.

  • Joseph J. Di Certo. The Saga of the Pony Express. Mountain Press Publishing, Missoula, Mont., 2002

    This book takes you from station to station and the author includes an appendix that lists every Pony Express station by type and location, and another appendix that lists each Pony Express rider.

    [Stations page]

  • National Postal Museum. www.postalmuseum.si.edu. created by T. E. Dilley, Frances Feldman, Sally K. Haring, Megaera Harris, Jennifer M. Lynch, Jerry W. Mansfield, Gerald Merna, James K. Meyer, Paula E. Rabkin, Frank R. Scheer, Melody Selvage, Kelley Sullivan and Rita Lloyd Moroney, the first historian of the United States Postal Service.

    [photos]

  • Christopher Corbett. Orphans Preferred : The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express. Broadway (September 14, 2004)

    [Last Riders page]

  • Historical Images - Library of Congress

    [photos]

  • Stong, Phil. Horses and Americans. Frederick A. Stokes Company,
          New York, 1939

    [Horses page]

  • Jan Moeller, Bill Moeller. The Pony Express: A Photographic History. Mountain Press Publishing Company (May 1, 2003)

    [photos]

  • www.xphomestation.com.

    This is a historical website researched and maintained by Tom Crews of Walnut Creek, California. He was asked by the Contra Costa Historical Society to research the Pony Express Route. His site offers a lot of really interesting information and a lot of photos and links to other resources. This where I was able to find the whole collection of newspaper clippings about the Pony Express

    [Facts page, Newspaper Clippings page, Saddle page, background information]

  • Banning, Captain William And Banning, George Hugh. Six Horses. New York Century Co., 1930.

    A history told first hand by the actual drivers, those who knew them and their descendents. Pictures of the drivers, coaches, maps of territories, illustrations of the equipment, early photos of the early drivers, stations, and developers of the first stage lines.

    [Rider page]

  • Floyd, William Harris. Phantom Riders of the Pony Express. Dorrance, Philadelphia, 1958.

    A history of the Pony Express. Included is a short biographical outline of all the known riders.

    [Rider page]

  • Bensen, Joe. Traveller's Guide to the Pony Express Trail. Falcon Press, 1995.

    The story of the Pony Express represents one of the most romantic chapters in the history of the American West. Author and photographer Joe Bensen describes every section of the trail from Missouri to California, and detailed maps and photographs complement the narrative.

    [Route page]

  • Brown, Mike W. and Beverly Gorny, Editors. Headed West, Historic Trails in Southwest Wyoming. Sweetwater County Joint Travel and Tourism Board, Wyoming, 1992.

    A very good work on the western trails through Wyoming and Westward during the 19th century, including the Pony Express and Overland Mail.

    [Route page, background information]

 
Secondary sources:
 
  • Pony Express Gazette 2004. National Pony Express Association

    • [background information]

  • The United States Postal Service, An American History 1775 – 2002. Publication 100, September 2003.

    [background information]

  • Adams, Samuel Hopkins. The Pony Express. Spencer Press, Inc., Chicago, 1950.

    Great book on the history of the Pony Express.

    [background information]