When: closing January 26, 2020
This is the second of two shows I saw last week at the Postal Museum. I find it a bit difficult to believe that something about the Pony Express won't always be part of their display, since it is really the most exciting part of postal history. Perhaps they're closing it to refresh it?
The legend of the Pony Express is a romanticization of a far less glamorous reality. The service ran between St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA for not quite two years, in 1860 and 1861. It was a way to guarantee Union control over communications between California and the eastern part of the United States, as it did not travel through the South. A dangerous and uncomfortable job was made into the stuff of adventure in Wild West shows in the last 19th century.
Verdict: It's an interesting small show that would appeal to kids - a Q&A section is geared to them, and the family I saw there was enjoying themselves.
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