If you're considering buying a franchise, the best thing you can do is research, research, research. Here's advice on how to do that, from Jason W. Power, a principal at franchise law firm Shelton & Power LLC in Tampa, Fla., who spoke Friday at the International Franchise Expo in New York. 1. Attend franchise events.
The route started at St. Joseph, Missouri on the Missouri River, it then followed what is modern-day U.S. Highway 36 (US 36 the Pony Express Highway) to Marysville, Kansas, where it turned northwest following Little Blue River to Fort Kearny in Nebraska.
Today in History. 1860 - Around midnight, the First Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco with mail that originated in St. Joseph, Missouri. The first rider left St Joseph at the sound of cannon fire at 7:15 p.m., on Apr. 3 with a pouch that contained 49 letters, five telegrams and miscellaneous papers. 1865 - John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Fordâs Theater in Washington, DC.