The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

station. crossing the eastern summit of the Sierra Nevada.
 Sam Hamilton next fell into line and pursued his way to Genoa Carson City, Dayton Reeds station and Fort Church. ill 75 miles. The entire run was made in 15 hours and 20 minutes, the entire distance being 1855 miles, which included the crossing of the western summit of the Sierra Nevada through 30 feet of snow.
 Here Robert Haslam took up the trail from Fort Churchill to Smiths Creek, 129 miles through a hostile Indian country. From that point Jay c. Kelley rode from Smiths Creek to Ruby Valley, Utah, 116 miles. From Ruby Valley to Deep Creek, H. Richardson, 105 miles. From Deep Creek to Rush valley old Camp Floyd, so miles; from Camp Floyd to Salt Lake City, 50 miles-the end of the western division. In all. 1SO miles, was ridden by George Thacher."
 On the same day, April B. and at the same hour, Alex Carlyle started the ex- press from it's eastern terminus, St. Joseph. "The route of the riders" says the author, after crossing the Mis- souri river lay little southwest, until it struck the old military road, A miles out, at Kennekuk; then it turned little northwesterly across the Kick apoo Indian reservation, by way of Grenada, Logchain, Seneca, Ash Point, Guittards, Marysville, Hollenburg, up Little Blue valley to Rock Creek, Big Sandy, Liberty Farm; over prairies to Platte river and due west up that val ley to Kearney.
 The Mormon Trail.
 This was the trail taken by the Nor mons in 1847, and afterward by the gold seekers to California in 1S48-9, and by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston and his army of 5000 men, who marched from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake City in 1S57-S.
 From Fort Kearney the trail led westward 200 miles along the Platte to old Julesburg, then across the south fork of the Platte, northwesterly to Fort Laramie then over the foothills at the base of the Rockies to South Pass, by Fort Bridger to Salt Lake," Rarely did a rider complete his route without encountering danger in some form and the story of the Pony Ex- press is a record of adventure. One of the famous riders was Melville Baught. Once he had his pony stolen. He followed the thief to Loup Creek, secured his pony, and rode back to Fort Kearney where he found the mail pouch and finished his trip a little behind schedule time.
 Jim Reatley, whose name in the states was Foote. rode from Seneca to Big Sandy, 50 miles, and doubled his route twice week. Don c. Rising rode for a time between Big Sandy and Fort Kear- ney As a 17-year-old boy he made two famous runs on special orders, averaging 20 miles an hour
 Theodore Rauds run was no miles, from Box Elder to Julesburg. He GOV cred the entire distance at night. While the schedule was 10 miles an hour, he generally averaged F miles. When he | first went on the line he rode each ani- nal 25 miles, but later he received a | fresh horse every Is miles. Here is aa account of a ride by Jim Moore, noted | frontiersman:
 Ills route was from Midway station, l half way between Fort Kearney ano l Cottonwood Springs, to Julesburg, dis- l tance of 140 miles. Moore rode the rount | trip of 2S0 miles once a week. The sta- | tions were from 10 to IA miles apart. ano | fresh horse, Spanish blood, was op ] tained at each station There was littie delay in these changes of horses. as the
 rider gave the coyote yell half mile away, and day or night the station men | had the pony ready. so that the rider nao | cnly to dismount from one horse, saddle and mount the other, and with a dig ol 1 his spurs he was on a run again. "A Little More Steel" 1 "On each route there were two express l riders. one going each way. Az sasv Al