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St. Joseph is famous for its ghosts, if only to the locals. Many former residents may very well be sticking around. Take a look at where they may be hanging out.

Kansas Charley watches the train carrying the bodies of the two boys he’d murdered pull out for Cheyenne, Wyoming. He then, strangely, buys a ticket for that same town.

March 4, 1861, Lincoln took the oath of office as President of the United States. The Pony Express carried Lincoln’s words, spoken in the east, to be read in the west.

The start of the first run of the Pony Express is delayed while waiting for mail to arrive from Hannibal, Missouri.

Pony Express rider Johnny Fry, carrying 49 letters and some newspapers printed on tissue paper, begins the first leg of the journey west.

Some 190 Pony Express stations are built between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. Horses are bought and the hiring of riders begins.

On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express riders start from both St. Joseph, Missouri and San Francisco, California.

In this day and age of computers and email, it's probably hard to believe that mail was once delivered to the rugged American West by horseback.

For those who have a real sweet tooth and a strong taste for both chocolate and cherry, here is a recipe that should satisfy the strongest addict.

Kansas Charley hears of cowboy jobs to be had in Wyoming. Two young men leave St. Joseph, Missouri on a grand adventure west.

In between the powerhouse veterinary medicine schools at Kansas State and the University of Missouri, lies 245 miles and one third of the global animal health market.

Senior bicycle traveler Herb Schon has ridden 2,000 miles so far on a group cross-country ride from San Francisco to New Hampshire. Here is his latest report.

Although the identity of the first Pony Express rider to head west remains questionable, there is no doubt about the value of the service provided by the riders.

William H. Russell decides to start a Pony Express mail and telegram service.

The James Gang along with their buddies in the Cole Younger gang were alleged to have robbed banks, trains and stagecoaches in six Midwestern states.

Each June, Carson City turns back the pages of Nevada history to the days of mountain men, the Civil War and Pony Express. It's fun for the family and educational, too.

Walter Cronkite was one of America's most beloved and highly respected broadcast journalists. He passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009.

Ghost hunters come from all over to visit the most haunted town in the south, Monticello. Tales of bumps in the night abound. Here is a small sampling.

America's famed pre-railroad mails service, the Pony Express, was a convincing demonstration of just how efficiently a delivery service could operate.

Kansas Charley becomes the victim of a gang rape. To protect himself in the future, he buys a gun, then heads westward.

The best cowboy hats have long been synonymous with Stetson hats, a direct result of the ingenuity of classic Western hat inventor John Batterson Stetson.