The Pony Express, which carried mail more than 2,000 miles from St. Joseph, Mo. to Sacramento, Ca. from April 1860 to October 1861, will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2010. St. Joseph, Mo., the birthplace of the famed route, embraces the city's rich history with several attractions and landmarks that educate visitors about the riders on horseback that delivered mail for the Pony Express.

• The Pony Express National Museum has state-of-the-art exhibits that illustrate the need, creation, operation and termination of the service. The museum also houses the actual stables that were used by the Pony Express.
• The Patee House Museum, built in 1858, was the headquarters of the Pony Express in 1860. It is now recognized by True West Magazine as "One of America's Top Ten Western Museums" for its impressive collection, which includes period rooms, an 1860 locomotive, an 1861 replica stage coach, antique toys and much more.
• The Mount Mora Cemetery dates to 1851 and is the final resting place of two Pony Express riders, three Missouri governors and several Civil War veterans.

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