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I5 sEMI. Y PICTORIAL-NEW5LErT tB P@NY ffiKPmffi$$ The Post Office Department is participating ei- tensively this year in Centennial celebrations of the Pony Express. Many community activities are planned, and Postmasters all over the nation have h""., u=k"d to encourage and spearhead them' The Pony Express, which began operations be- o a e a o Ghrc yow P[i- ilnr li'c ' ' ' H;":'i; dooned, f,uficd ond Pufird- Rerurned gonn{rrct RAINBOW CLEANER.S N. FRONT STREET lrlcHENRY, IUINOIS GUAM,D YOUR FAITILY "lrom" the ttlLl,Pll lfnoe oI thot Gor breed in your PlLtOWS your PlttolTs org onpo$d to; HAIT OE STAnl PERSHnAilOltl ODOI DROOI, rrom l$otltH coucHrNo SNEEZINO o'iAtlDEW ODOn nnt aclr,tt[ tElurt*, r2!,9 in r brrnd ncw ticking eurcr sErvrcE 6UATAHTEED SATISFACTION tween Saint Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento' California on Aprii 3, 1860, was organized by- three American freighting and stage pioneers: Williarn H. Russell (1812'1872',, Ale.xander Majors 11q1t 1900), ancl William Bradford Waddetl (IB0?'1872) ' Senator William M. Gwin from California' a member of the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee, is credited with developing th: tlli plans for the Pony Express in the winter of 1859' 1860 with Russell. DOOMED TO FAILURE: One of the amazing aspects of the Pbny Express-is that Russell's partn"t' k""* in advance that the Pony Exp,ress would be a financial failure' hut- b"""o."'Rrssell had'given his word as a gentleman to the Senator that it would be done-they went ahead with the Project' The adverti""*",t shown here {rom a San Fran' cisco newspaper gives some idea of how the riders were recruited- About 450 of the finest horses money could buy were purchased throughout the West' They \ryere good qu.lity stock, hard-as-nails Western Mustangs' able to outrun the Indian Ponies' Mail was carried over the Pony Express route in approximately 10 days; postage charge was initially 3% Paid On All Savings Deposits McHenry State Bank McHENRY, ILLINOIS Serving Since 1906 Member of F.D.|.C. Phonc E\forgrcca l-Orlil7