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Mormon Station celebrates Pony Express re-ride
While the Pony Express rider isn’t expected in Genoa until mid-afternoon on Flag Day, Mormon Station State Park will celebrate the annual re-ride three days earlier. A free program featuring a park ranger talking about the history of the Pony Express is 3 p.m. June 11. Read More …
Visitors Relive the 19th Century at Rock Creek Trail Days
Watch Video … FAIRBURY – It was a blast to the past for many on Saturday, as the Rock Creek Station hosted Rock Creek Trail Days. “We live the 1860s on the Oregon California Pony Express Trail.” The events at Rock Creek Trail Days included a Buffalo Stew Cookout, Pony Express Run and more. … Continued
The 157th Pony Express Re-ride begins Monday
Departure is scheduled for 3 p.m. from St. Joseph, Missouri. Over a thousand letters will be traveling in a leather mochila on horseback from Missouri to California Every year the re-ride follows the original trail as close as possible using surrounding roads. This year 600 riders will take turns to transport the mail over one … Continued
History re-created in Carson Valley
Here is a heads-up from local gadabout Vicki Hargrove about an event you won’t want to miss. Step back in time and witness part of the Pony Express Re-ride. This year’s re-ride starts June 5 in St. Joseph, Mo. and ends June 15 in Sacramento, Calif. The pony should be coming through our area on … Continued
How HAM radio operators are your friends
A recent radio conversation between two HAMs raised a disturbing issue that surprised both of them. The conversation involved the NTS (National Traffic Service) that uses amateur radio operators throughout the United States to relay information during large-scale emergencies, such as earthquakes. Read More …
Mormon Station park in Genoa hosting stories of the Pony Express
The Pony Express was a massive operation that began in 1860 to satisfy the demand for a fast mail service. Though it only lasted 18 months, it is still romanticized throughout the west today. Bring a chair and join a Park Ranger for a history talk on the Pony Express. Learn about its beginnings, the … Continued
Pony Express re-ride to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th
SCOTTSBLUFF — “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.” According to Old West legend, that’s how the help-wanted advertisement read when the Pony Express began rounding up riders to carry the mail across a still-untamed frontier. The National Pony Express Association, which keeps … Continued
The Pony Express rides again
The annual re-ride of the Pony Express begins with a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 5, at the Patee House Museum, 1202 Penn St. The riders will travel across the Missouri River to Elwood, Kansas, and then on through seven states to reach their destination in Sacramento, California. Penny Orrick of St. Joseph will … Continued
Pony Express re-ride coming through …
The thunder of hoofbeats soon will be heard once again across Tribland as lovers of horses and history carry mail through the region the old-fashioned way. The National Pony Express Association’s annual re-ride will traverse Tribland from southeast to northwest the afternoon and evening of June 6 and overnight and early the morning of June … Continued
2017 Pony Express Re-ride – Arrival Ceremony
The Arrival Ceremony concludes the 2017 re-ride of the Pony Express route from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento – a 10-day, 1966-mile horse-and-rider relay. The rider, horse and mail will arrive at 3:45 pm at the Pony Rider Monument. Read More …