Pony Express Region

The Pony Express Region is an area in northwestern Missouri. It takes its name from the Pony Express mail service based in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The Pony Express name is historically linked to St Joseph. It is often used to define the city or the St Joseph Metropolitan Area{{cite book|title=Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names|author=McMillen, M.F.|date=1994|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=9780826209726|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pERUTWaHLFsC&pg=PA53|page=53|access-date=2015-08-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stjomo.com/ponyexpressregion.htm |access-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026120728/http://www.stjomo.com/ponyexpressregion.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |title=StJoMo! St. Joseph, Missouri }} The term is often used for a wider area of northwestern Missouri between Kansas City and Iowa.{{cite web|url=http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000697.shtml|title=eThemes - Missouri Regions: Pony Express|author=Aaron D. Moss|publisher=emints.org|access-date=2015-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930021144/http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000697.shtml|archive-date=2006-09-30|url-status=dead}}[http://missouriprayer.com/regionsMap.html Missouri Prayer Mission]{{cite web|url=http://www.historicstcharles.com/visit/maps.aspx |title=St. Charles Maps | View or Download City & Interstate Maps | Greater St. Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau|publisher=historicstcharles.com|access-date=2015-08-20}} Pony Express Lake, a Missouri Department of Conservation lake, is located east of St Joseph towards Interstate 35.[http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/nwest/fish/ponyexpress/ Northwest Region Fishing | Pony Express Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704061459/http://www.mdc.mo.gov/areas/nwest/fish/ponyexpress/ |date=2008-07-04 }}

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