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MEN WANTED!
THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO hire ten or a dozen men, familiar with the management of horses, as hostlers or riders on the Overland Express Route via Salt Lake City. Wages $50 per month and found. I may be found at the St. George Hotel during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
WILLIAM W. FINNEY
The above advertisement seeking riders & station keepers first appeared in the Sacramento Daily Union on March 19, 1860, just two weeks before the Pony Express began. To date, the records of the Central Overland California & Pikes' Peak Express Company have not been found. The following list of riders has been compiled by the Staff at the St. Joseph Museum from various sources, including books, accounts from people who knew riders, relatives of riders, and newspapers. This list should not be considered complete nor have all of the names been confirmed.

If you know of a rider not listed, or have any information relating to someone on the list, please contact us.

The riders are listed alphabetically by last name.

  1. Andersen, Andrew Ole 95. James, William
  2. Anson, John 96. Jay, David R.
  3. Avis, Henry 97. Jenkins, William D.
  4. Babbit, Rodney 98. Jennings
  5. Ball, Lafayette 99. Jobe, Samuel
  6. Banks, James 100. Jones, William
  7. Barnell, James 101. Keetley, J.H. "Jack"
  8. Baughn, Jim 102. Kelley, Hi
  9. Baughn, Melville 103. Kelley, Jay G.
  10. Beardsley, Marve 104. Kelly, Mike
  11. Beatley, James 105. King, Thomas Owen
  12. Becker, Charles 106. Koerner, John Philip
  13. Bedford, Thomas 107. La Mont, Harry
  14. Billman, Charles 108. Lashonse, Gus
  15. Bills, G.R. 109. Lawson, William
  16. "Black Sam" 110. Leonard, George
  17. "Black Tom" 111. Little, George E.
  18. Bolwinkle, Lafayette "Bolly" 112. Littleton, Elias "Tough"
  19. Bond 113. Lytle, N.N.
  20. "Boston" 114. McCain, Emmet
  21. Boulton, William 115. McCall, J.G. "Jay"
  22. Brink, James "Dock" 116. McCarty, Charlie
  23. Brown, Hugh 117. McDonald, James
  24. Brown, James 118. McEneany, Patrick
  25. Bucklin, James 119. McLaughlin, David
  26. Burnett, David or John 120. McNaughton, James
  27. Bush, Ed 121. McNaughton, William
  28. Campbell, William 122. Macaulas, Sye
  29. Carlyle, Alexander 123. Martin, Robert
  30. Carr, William 124. Maxfield, Elijah
  31. Carrigan, William 125. Maze, Montgomery
  32. Carter, James 126. Meacona, Lorenza
  33. Cates, William A. 127. Mellen, J.P.
  34. Clark, James 128. Mifflin, Howard
  35. Clark, John 129. Miller, "Broncho Charlie"
  36. Cleve, Richard 130. Moore, James
  37. Cliff, Charles "Charlie" 131. Murphy, Jeramiah, H.
  38. Cliff, Gustavus "Gus" 132. Myrick, Newton
  39. Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill" 133. Orr, Matthew
  40. Cole, Buck 134. Orr, Robert
  41. Corbett, Bill 135. Packard, G.
  42. Covington, Edward 136. Page, William
  43. Cowan, James 137. Paul, John
  44. Crawford, Jack 138. Paxton, "Mochila Joe"
  45. Cumbo, James 139. Perkins, George Washington
  46. Dean, Louis 140. Pridham, William
  47. Dennis, William 141. Ranahan, Thomas
  48. Derrick, Frank 142. Rand, Theodore "Yank"
  49. Diffenbacher, Alex 143. Randall, James
  50. Dobson, Thomas 144. Reynolds, Charles
  51. Dodge, J. 145. Reynolds, Thomas J.
  52. Donovan, Joseph 146. Richards, William Minor
  53. Donvan, Tom 147. Richardson, Johnson William
  54. Dorrington, W.E. 148. Riles, Bartholomew
  55. Downs, Calvin Cooper 149. Rinhart, Johnathan
  56. Drumheller, Daniel M. 150. Rising, Don C.
  57. Dunlap, James E. 151. Roff, Harry
  58. Eckels, William 152. Rush, Edward
  59. Egan, Major Howard 153. Sanders, Robert
  60. Egan, Howard Ransom 154. Sangiovanni, G.G.
  61. Egan, Richard Erastus "Ras" 155. Scovell, George
  62. Elliot, Thomas J. 156. Selman, Jack
  63. Ellis, J.K. 157. Serish, Joseph
  64. Enos, Charles 158. Sinclair, John
  65. Fair, George 159. Spurr, George
  66. Faust, H.J. 160. Streeper, William H.
  67. Faylor, Josiah 161. Stricklen, Robert
  68. Fischer, Johnny 162. Strohm, William
  69. Fisher, John 163. Sugget, John
  70. Fisher, William F. "Billy" 164. Tate, Billy
  71. Fitckey, Sam 165. Thatcher, George
  72. Flynn, Thomas 166. Thomas, J.J.
  73. Foreman, Jimmie 167. Thompson, Bill
  74. Fry, Johnny (first rider out of St. Joseph) 168. Thompson, "Cyclone" Charlie
  75. Fuller, Abram 169. Thompson, James, M.
  76. Gardner, George 170. Topence, Alexander
  77. Gentry, James 171. Tough, W.S.
  78. Gilson, James 172. Towne, George
  79. Gilson, Samuel 173. Tuckett, Henry
  80. Grady, "Irish Tom" 174. Upson, Warren
  81. Hall, Sam 175. Wade, John B.
  82. Hamilton, Billy (first rider out of Sacramento) 176. Wallace, Henry
  83. Hamilton, James Benjamin 177. Westcott, Daniel
  84. Haslam, Robert "Pony Bob" 178. Whalen, Michael M.
  85. Hawkins, Theodore 179. Wheat, George Orson
  86. Haws, Sam 180. "Whipsaw"
  87. Helvey, Frank 181. Wills, H.C.
  88. Hensel, Levi 182. Wilson, Elijah Nicholas
  89. Hickman, William 183. Willson, Thomas Thornhill
  90. Hickok, Lucius Lodosky 184. Wintle, Joseph Barney
  91. Higginbotham, Charles 185. Worley, Henry
  92. Hogan, Martin 186. Worthington, James
  93. Huntington, Clark 187. Wright, George
  94. Huntington, Lester 188. Zowgaltz, Jose
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