Pony Express Centennial

This marker was placed in 1960, the hundredth anniversary of the Pony Express, when towns along the old route paused to remember the riders who had carried the mail through in 1860. The centennial itself is now more than sixty years gone — which is the quietly interesting thing about a monument like this: it marks not just the original event but a particular later moment of looking back, a mid-century America romanticizing the frontier its grandparents had actually crossed. A memorial to a memory, in other words.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.4 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.4 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Liberty Park — 1.6 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Ensign Peak — 1.7 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley

More markers nearby

• Pony Express Station — steps away
• First Security Branch of Wells Fargo — steps away
• Pioneer Telegraph Office — steps away
• Pioneer Telegraph — steps away