Donal Hord Exhibit: A Body of Work
Hord Exhibit ~ Public Works ~ Complete works ~ Chronology
Silas St. John Memorial, 1941-42
"Silas St. John carried the first Eastbound overland mail out of San Diego, from Carrizo Creek to Fort Yuma, Nov. 16, 1857. On Sept. 9, 1858, in a lone-handed defense of the Butterfield~Wells Fargo overland stage station at Dragoon, Ariz., St. John was horribly wounded and lost his left arm. He recovered to continue in Wells Fargo service. Of his stuff the West was made."
Hord's bronze relief is mounted on St. John's headstone in Mt. Hope Cemetery, which reads:
Silas P. St. John
Born. New York, N.Y., Apr. 21, 1835
Died. San Diego Cal, Sept. 15, 1919
