Pony Express Trail riders ~3 Thomas J Elliot Traditional Geocache
Pony Express Trail riders ~3 Thomas J Elliot
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Pony Express Riders
Approximately 80 young riders were in use at any one time. In addition,
some 400 other employees included station keepers, stock tenders and route superintendents. Riders were paid $100 to $125 per month.
Dozens of applicants vied for jobs, eager to accept the death defying
rigors they would soon experience. Mark Twain, who saw the Pony Express in action first hand, described the riders as: "... usually a little bit of a man". Though small in stature, their untarnished record proved them to possess the hearts of lions. History would record that they were among the most durable horsemen to ever straddle a saddle.
Information is from (visit link)
A list riders names is included on that website, including the name sake of this cache. These are riders that may have ridden across the very ground where this cache is placed
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