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D7282-1
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- 1938-05-31 (Creation)
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On Memorial Day in 1938, W.P. Bonney, regional director in Washington for the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, presents a newly designed Pony Express flag to Capt. Edmund Clarence (E.C.) Weaver, center. Capt. Weaver was the last known living postal rider. The 99-year-old Weaver, who lived in Tacoma, rode between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming along the Oregon Trail. Scouts Herbert and Don Jensen observe the event held at Camp Kilworth, north of Dash Point. The new flag is white with a dark blue pony rider in an action pose with diagonal bars of red, white and blue. (T.Times, 5/31/1938, p.1)
Postal service--Tacoma; Postal service employees--Tacoma; Pony Express;Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Camp Kilworth; Weaver, E.C.; Jensen, Herbert; Jensen, Don; Bonney, William P.; Flags;