White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-09-23
TELLS HTsTORICAL TRUTH

to finish-the longer the better.
TELLS HISTORICAL TRUTH
Full credit is due to the Lovelock
Review-Miner for publishing the
complete story of William e. Van
blaricam, the only known surviving
rider of the old pony express, IL
which he corroborates what the
White Pine News mas said all along,
that the recent so-called replica of
the pony express was not ridden On
the original route by many miles
inasrluch rs ~T.ovelock is on the Vic
tory highway it shows at least a com
mendable spirit on the part of Edi-
tor Black to publish the truth in this
matter.
The story of Mr.. Vanblaricom was
given by him to the Fa Ion Stand.
ard has been published, sc far as
known here, in but two other papers,
one being the Carson Appeal, which
is located in \ town which is on the
route, and Ly the Review-Miner,
which is on the Victory highway
route. To quote the Fallon's papers
Story as LnuS
The race of the pony express rid
ers across the continent, while it
establishes a number of facts and
brings out a great deal Of interest
among those who know something
nf this work in the early history
of the west, especially in Nevada.
is essentially a Victory highway
movement, as the original trail is
not followed and the riders did not
take the original course or take that
was conducted by the boys more
than half a century ago.
Now, will some person explain
what harm it has done to Lovelock
cal truth?
But, on the other hand, the Hum
boldt Star publishes a hot IN in
defense of the use of the Victory
highway for the recent race. "How
would the Fallon editor like to mako
camp all night out in the desert with
the stars for protection waiting for
the arrival of the pony e%ypress?'
asks the W~innemucca paper. Many
a pioneer has lain on the desert not
one, but many nights with only the
stars for protection, and their com.
ing and doing as they did made the
existence of Winnemucca and its
newspapers possible. It was this sort
Of thing that was to have been re-
produced and perpetuated, but the
manner of reference to it betrays the
secret that the Wlnnemucca editor
thought the pony express was to be
Il Palm Beach or nursery affair.
Nothing of the sort. The world was
told that the pony express was to be
a replica of the old one. Instead Of
that an advocate Of the promise be-
ing carried out is asked the solar
|, plexus question: How would he like
TO stay out over night with the stars
for protection? Now, wouldn't thar
he awful? Wouldn't it be too much
like the real pony express, minus pos
sibly the Indian bullets that made
many a real rider bite the dust?
The only trouble with the whole
business is that the original pony ex-
press riders were booming the
wrong highway, as the Wirnemucca
paper says, eighty miles from no.
where" But it was not eighty miles
from nowhere then. 1t was the route
followed, but not good enough now
because it lacks the backing of Salt
Lake, Reno. and the others wishing
10 falsify history, and because some
body might possibly have to remain
out n whole night with only the
STARS for protection.
But there is a funnier side still to
it all 1t is that fact that on the Vie
tory highway the autos accompanying
The riders could not keep up with
them You can imagine the reason.
In last nights mail came the Win
nemucca Silver States carrying the
Fallon papers story in full. 1t like
wise is entitled to commentator for
having been fair enough to thus tell
the truth about a historical matter
and is entitled to credit Therefor