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Russell, Majors and Waddell MO547 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
In Memory of
RUSSELL, MAJORS AND WADDELL
Pioneer freighters of Lexington before the Civil War.
Founders of the famous Pony Express,
Outfitters for the Mexico and California Traders,
And the Western Army Posts,
Operators of Overland Wagon Trains across the Great Plains.
Employing four thousand men and thirty five hundred wagons, One thousand mules and forty thousand oxen.
Headquarters in Lexington.
Lafayette County Historical Society.
15th St. & Wood St., in front of hospital, Lexington, Lafayette County Missouri
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