Lynching in America / The Lynchings of Horace B. Duncan, Fred Coker and William Allen

Historical marker location:

110 Park Central Square, Springfield, Missouri

( Marker is on Park Central Square east of South Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2019

Community Remembrance Project.

The Pony Express, a mail delivery service that operated from 1860 to 1861, had a route that went through Missouri. The service used a network of riders and relay stations to transport mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in just 10 days.