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Pony Express 1976, Artist: Thomas Holland (1917-2004), Bronze Sculpture, 2nd Street and J Street, Old Town, Sacramento, California
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A plaque describing the sculpture was embedded in concrete and lay flat on the ground. It read, in part,
"This statue commemorates the glory of the pony express..."
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The statue stood on a large boulder inside a fenced area near a park that bordered a noisy freeway.
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A pony express rider was astride a pony express horse. Such riders would run their horses at a gallop to minimize
the time taken to deliver messages.
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A mid-19th century pony express rider with a modern 21st century city skyline behind.
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The pony express rider's horse rode through grasslands. Here its hoof gained purchase in a tuft of bronze grass.
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Locked saddle bags carried the messages along the pony express route. A button on each saddle bag identified those messages as US mail.
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The pony express horse and rider faced forward and raced under barren winter trees.
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The horse's head was sculpted in harsh detail. The rider was bent over the head of the horse and carried a whip in
his right hand.
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The horse was sculpted as a muscular beast, its muscles clear as it powered over a boulder.
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