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During the Pony Express's entire 19-month history, its office in Carson City stood just 73 feet south of this site, with stables just west at the northeast corner of Curry (Ormsby) and Third Streets. The original telegraph was in Fleishhacker's Store at the northwest corner of Carson and Musser, then was moved in August 1861 to Treadwell's Store at this corner next to the Pony Express office. The first eastbound Pony Express trip left San Francisco, California, at 3:45 P.M. on April 3, 1860, and arrived here on the evening of April 4 at 8:30 P.M. The first westbound trip left St. Joseph, Missouri, at 7:15 P.M. on April 3, 1860, and arrived here on April 12 at 3:30 P.M. Carson City was then only 9 days from receiving Eastern correspondence.
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Carson City, Nevada · United States
