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SB1907 - Pony Express Saddlebags
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Item Number: SB1907
Manufacturer: Cochise Leather Company
The Pony Express Custom Leather Saddlebags are border tooled with studs, two strap closure and grommets for adding laces to hold down sleeping bags, rain slicker or other items. These versatile western saddlebags are available in Black or Brown.
Measurements of saddlebags are 10" x 11" x 4 1/2"
The Pony Express mail service delivered mail, newspapers and small packages by horseback from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California for 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861. A series of relay stations were set up on a route that crossed the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada's and riders rode an average of 100 miles a day, switching horses at various relay stations about every 10 miles. The route was divided into 5 stations that were set up by the Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak Express Company, later known as the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. and tied California to the rest of the United States with hundreds of miles of territory in between. The company had between four to five hundred horses on the lines and it took an average of seventy-five horses to run the distance between St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. in 10 days. The telegraph eventually caused the demise of the Pony Express when news started arriving two days before the riders and although the volume of mail continued federal government subsidies were stopped upon the completion of the transcontinental telegraph.
Made to last a lifetime with the utmost attention paid to the every detail these saddlebags are made to your order. Cochise Leather Company is proud of the quality, durability and value that it gives to each pair of saddlebags, all of which are hand cut and made by David LaFlair in his Arizona leather shop. Call 520-269-2542 if you have any questions on sizes or customization. If he's not available leave a message and he'll get back to you ASAP! |
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