St. Joseph, Missouri

This past week we took a day trip to check out St. Joseph.  It is about 75 miles north of where we are staying.  The town’s claim to fame is it is where the Pony Express was started and where Jesse James was killed in his house. 

We went to the Pony Express museum, which is housed in the original building where it all started.  It was a quaint little museum and interesting to read about the history of the Pony Express.  I did not realize that it only lasted 18 months. The telegraph finally went coast to coast and eliminated the need for the service.  When it was in service it cost $5.00 per ounce to send a letter.

Here is the museum building

The inside

Inside the had an exhibit about the western migration via wagon train, so I took a picture of the first real RV

We have come a long way!

Fran had to try out one of the saddles

We did not go to the Jesse James house as the biggest thing to see was the bullet hole in the wall from the bullet that killed him.  We drove by and saw the house and the hotel next door.