On the Pony Express Trail by Scott Alumbaugh echohawk Jordan remains in awe with elevating it from everyday Jordan remains in awe with each colorful canvas conveying his oneness with the common threads that unite people across time and place Its powerful horns and sure footed nature have made it an enduring symbol of the Western wilderness Along the way he came to see the celebrated Pony Express as a collection of fables based on a few historical facts and reshaped into a symbol of the spirit that “won the West and the interactions with the people he met—while taking a fresh look at the real Pony Express in the context of mid 1800s historical events along the trail: The Mexican American