WYOMING NEWS ARCHIVE
2021
Pony Express re-ride to come through Trails Center
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) – The Pony Express re-ride is coming through Casper this evening. This is the tenth year the re-ride has gone through the Trails Center. They are currently on their way to St. Joseph, Missouri. Read More….
Annual Pony Express Re-Ride crossed into Wyoming Monday; Gallops into Fremont County Tuesday
(Fremont County, WY) – The 2021 Pony Express National Re-Ride is underway and rode into Wyoming today, June 20th. Riders will be passing through our area in the early morning hours tomorrow. Read More….
PONY EXPRESS RE-RIDERS RACING ACROSS WYOMING; WILL PASS INDEPENDENCE ROCK, CASPER ON TUESDAY
CASPER, Wyo. — Riders with the 2021 Pony Express Re-Ride are racing east across the Cowboy State and will arrive in Casper on Tuesday. Read More…
Pony Express To Head Through Wyoming Next Week
A reenactment of the Pony Express will take riders across southern Wyoming later this month as members of the National Pony Express Association from California to Missouri. Read More…
TRAILS CENTER’S FIRST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE HITCHING POST IN CASPER IN TIME FOR ‘PONY EXPRESS RE-RIDE’
CASPER, Wyo. — The National Historic Trails Interpretative Center will be hosting their first annual artist in residence from June 22-26. Read more………
Pony Express alive and well….
PLATTE COUNTY – A lot of kids today have heard of FedEx, but there is a delivery organization that was started in 1860 and still carries mail today. They rode from Guernsey to Hartville Saturday morning Read More……….
2020
2020 Pony Express Reride Cancelled
The National Pony Express Association is cancelling their Pony Express Reride, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More……..
2019
Holiday on the Homestead Saturday
Contingent upon the weather and while supplies last, the following is a list of activities: crafts, create your own yarn doll; Prairie Sweet Shop, enjoy wonderful melted chocolates from a Dutch oven; cookie decorating, design your own tasty holiday cookie; National Pony Express Association members, interact with Pony Express Riders; military encampment, join living historians … Continued
Pony Express carrying your Christmas cards and letters (WY)
WYOMING Have you ever wanted your Christmas card or letter carried by the Pony Express? Starting now, these cards and letters can be dropped off in collection boxes at the post offices in Torrington, Lingle, Ft. Laramie, Guernsey, Wheatland, Hartville and Glendo. Read More …
History of the Granger Stage Station: Mark Twain to State Park Status
GRANGER—Mark Twain in Wyoming? Did such an event actually happen? Although Missouri, Nevada and California are more closely associated with the famous 19th century humorist, Mark Twain, better known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the early 1860s, did pass through Wyoming on a stagecoach, and he came through Sweetwater County, to boot. Read More … Continued