Pony Express and Salt Lake City
They have a large monument to the Pony Express in Salt Lake City. can any one give me any details why the PE is significant to Salt Lake? PS...getting old is what I'd rather not be doing, so please tell Mr. Schueller not to mention it again:-) Mrs. LaVoie
posted by Joyce @ 5:27 PM
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The Pony Express provided a desperately needed communications link between Salt Lake City and the United States. Despite their isolation, the Mormon people remained fiercely loyal to their country, and hungered for news from the States as clouds of Civil War darkened. The distance from family and friends in the East suddenly seemed much less. The weekly Deseret News published a special edition, called the "Pony Dispatch," to speed the latest news to its readers. Also, business generated by the establishment of the Express provided welcome income in a cash-poor society.
Did you know that the Deseret was an alphabet and a language in itself, but died with the death of Bringham Young? Joyce
No I didn't know that. That is pretty interesting.
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