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Pony Express Marker, (sculpture). Artist:  Brackenridge, Marian, 1903- , sculptor. Title:  Pony Express Marker, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1960. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Approx. 58 x 110 x 15 in. Inscription:  Marian Brackenridge (On center plaque around images:) THE PONY EXPRESS/RUSSELL MAJORS WADDELL/FOUNDERS/OWNERS/OPERATORS/120 CELEBRATED RIDERS/RODE 650,000 MILES WITH/ONLY ONE RIDER KILLED BY/INDIANS ONE SCHEDULE/NOT COMPLETED AND/ONE MAIL LOST/PRESENTED BY/NATIONAL PONY EXPRESS CENTENNIAL ASSN./DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER-CHAIRMAN/WADDELL E. SMITH-PRESIDENT/LESTER B. WICKOFF-VICE PRESIDENT (Centennial dates appear on either side of plaque, and a map tracing the route from St. Joseph MO to Sacramento CA appears in center.) signed Description:  Marker consists of three bronze relief panels in a stone base. The largest center panel contains figurative busts of the three founders of the Pony Express, a rider and map tracing the route from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. The round panel to the left also has the three busts and text. The panel to the right contains a Pony Express rider and a historical narrative. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Equestrian Occupation -- Service -- Postman Portrait male -- Russell, William Hepburn -- Bust Portrait male -- Majors, Alexander -- Bust Portrait male -- Waddell, -- Bust Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Lexington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lafayette County Commission, Court House, Lexington, Missouri 64067 Located 10th & Main Streets, Lexington, Missouri Remarks:  Gift of the National Pony Express Centennial Association on the occasion of the centennial of the Pony Express (1860/61-1960/61). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MO000125   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000125 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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