WYOMING NEWS ARCHIVE
2018
Ride for heroes. . .
It was literally a touching moment when Wyoming Pony Express state president Les Bennington’s horse lowered his head to pay respect to one of the residents from the Veteran’s Administration Home in Cheyenne on Saturday morning. Continue reading
Pony Express passes through county on historic re-ride
FORT LARAMIE – It’s an image that’s become synonymous with the Old West – The lone rider and his horse, making their way through potentially-hostile territory, ferrying news and letters from the east to the new territories in Wyoming and points west. Continue reading…
Pony Express re-ride pass through area
FORT LARAMIE — Every year, the National Pony Express Association has hundreds of riders recreate the original Pony Express ride, which passed through Goshen and Scotts Bluff Counties on June 27.Read More ….
55 Hours Spent in Wyoming Along the Pony Express 2018
Local KCWY – Casper, WY news coverage of the 2018 Pony Express re-ride across Wyoming. Click to watch
Pony Express riders leave Sacramento Tuesday
GUERNSEY—Although their portion of the event is a week away for the Southeast Wyoming Pony Express Association riders, the first rider for the annual re-ride of the National Pony Express Association heads out of Sacramento, California this Wednesday at 3 p.m. PST.Read More …
Special Deliveries from the Pony Express
You might have rubbed your eyes in disbelief on Wednesday if you saw horses going into buildings. That did happen and News 13’s Jacquie Palizzi took a trail ride to discover the reason. Read More …
Pony Express will complete Valentine’s Day ride Saturday
GUERNSEY—The Pony Express is preparing for its annual Valentine’s Day ride from Guernsey to Hartville on Saturday. Read more…
2017
Pony Express gets the mail through in Platte, Goshen counties
GUERNSEY – There wasn’t any rain, sleet or snow the postal service has always promised to overcome, but that was welcome news to the riders from the Southeast Wyoming Pony Express Association who were delivering holiday mail the old-fashioned way this past Saturday. Under a sunny sky with just a slight breeze, riders loaded up … Continued
Holiday festivity on the homestead
The wind blew smoke from the campfire as the frontier soldiers tended their pots and kettles. One of the men held out a metal plate to 6-year-old Darbie Neuman and asked if she wanted some beans. The girl handed her mother a hand-dipped chocolate pretzel from the prairie candy shop so she could try a … Continued
Holiday fun in Rock Springs, Ft. Laramie and Casper
Fort Laramie NHS Hosts “Christmas on the Frontier” Fort Laramie National Historic Site will host its annual “Christmas on the Frontier” program on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Festivities begin at 1:00 p.m. and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. with the Fort Laramie Historical Association Annual Meeting following. Visitors will be entertained in the mess room … Continued