Number 1 Gun

Historical marker location:

415 5th Street, Webb City, Missouri

( Marker is on Ball Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard (U.S. 71), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2000

<i>I Spoke For Your Freedom</i>. B Battery, 310th Field Artillery Battalion, 79th Infantry Division.

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.