Special Delivery

Special Delivery (HM1G1A)

Location: Los Angeles, CA 90027 Los Angeles County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 8.924', W 118° 16.892'

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Autry National Center

— Griffith Park —


The Pony Express was an ultra-fast but short-lived mail service that ran between the East and West from 1860 to 1861. The roughly 1,900-mile route began in Missouri and passed through Wyoming and Utah before crossing the Sierra Nevada mountain range to reach its destination in Sacramento. Riders exchanged horses at more than 180 stations during this journey, which took between nine and ten days, and for which they were paid around $25 a week (compared to the going rate of $1 a week for skilled labor).



"Special Delivery" depicts the critical moment when Pony Express riders carried Abraham Lincoln inaugural address from a telegraph station in Nebraska to newspapers in California in the record time of seven days and seventeen hours. Although it lasted only eighteen months, the image of the Pony Express lingers to this day as a symbol of the daring enterprise that many consider emblematic of the Western spirit.
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HM NumberHM1G1A
Series This marker is part of the Markers Attached to Sculpture series
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Year Placed2011
Placed ByAutry National Center
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 10:48am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 381856 N 3779389
Decimal Degrees34.14873333, -118.28153333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 8.924', W 118° 16.892'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 8' 55.44" N, 118° 16' 53.52" W
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Area Code(s)213, 323, 818
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles CA 90027, US
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