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A formal portrait of William H. Russell, who was a proslavery supporter and businessman. In the winter of 1858-1859, Russell, with Alexander Majors, William Waddell, and John Jones, founded the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company, a freight and stage company that operated between Leavenworth and Denver, Colorado. In February, 1860, it was reorganized as the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company. In 1860, Russell, with partners Majors and Waddell, created the first Pony Express, which connected St. Joseph, Missouri, across 2,000 miles to the state of California.
Date: Around 1860
Item Number: 4072
Call Number: B Russell William H. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4072
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Mail - Pony Express
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Photographers
Business and Industry - Trucking and freighting
Business and Industry - Trucking and freighting - Russell, Majors and Waddell
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Russell, William H.
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Joseph
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Non-motorized - Stagecoaches
Type of Material - Photographs
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