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