Sesquicentennial Showcases Something New

Here is the Blacksmith Shop, newly unveiled for the Sesqui- centennial Cele- bration this weekend! Cowboy even made the fire look real! There were 10,000 visitors today to the Museum. The Schmidlings were busy in the back room. At noon, we hosted a luncheon for 55 direct descendants of Pony Express riders and station keepers. They came from Ohio, Idaho, Utah, Kansas and Nebraska. And they brought grandchildren and scrapbooks and family trees. It was quite interesting to listen to their stories. We made copies of their ancestors' letters and read about memories of the Pony Express. Then we made our own memory. The Museum sold First Day Covers with a homemade stamp depicting a famous painting of the Pony Express. So I purchased four and enclosed a special letter to each of my children, and I sealed it with the words "Do not open until April 3, 2060." We'll see...