2019

Kansas Riders

FROM: Susan Lousberg
June 11th, 2019 PDT

2018

Last leg of the Kansas ride

FROM: Melva Sanner
July 3rd, 2018 PDT

Last leg of the Kansas ride. Started the ride way behind schedule and hotter than H. Will finish up just a few minutes behind schedule, raining and 75 degrees. Good ride!!!!

Kansas riders outside Marysville

FROM: Kathy Klover
June 30th, 2018 PDT

Kansas riders Mike and Rich Pacha, Pat, Taylor and Hadley Schotte and Keith Klover.    Wade Miller leaves Marysville, KS (2018)    

2017

Report from Kansas by Jean Miller

FROM: Jean Miller
June 7th, 2017 PDT

June 6: Perfect morning for the ride! Temperature in mid 60’s, bright sky, light breeze. Pony Express Barn Museum in Marysville had a chuckwagon breakfast waiting. Good crowd was in attendance. June 6: Perfect morning for the ride! Temperature in mid 60’s, bright sky, light breeze. Pony Express Barn Museum in Marysville had a chuckwagon breakfast waiting. Good crowd was in attendance. Perfect morning for the ride! Mochila

Home station in Seneca KS

FROM: Leslie Kohake
June 6th, 2017 PDT

Home station in Seneca KS Home station in Seneca KS

St. Joseph and eastern Kansas

FROM: Annemiek Wortel
June 5th, 2017 PDT

Start of the 2017 Re-Ride. Riders Penny Orrick and Kristin King at the Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Kansas Riders Annemiek Wortel visiting from the Netherlands Kansas Re-Riders Kansas Re-Riders Kansas Re-Riders Doug Berkley Tyler Berkley Doug Berkley Tyler Roy Winkler Doug Berkley Tyler Berkley Doug Berkley Doug Berkley, Tyler, Mrs Striker, Dave Sanner Allan Pralli Lucy Heinen – Night Re-Rider Kansas In Seneca at the pony express trail museum In Seneca at the pony express trail museum Gathering and coffee and donuts to get us through the night, at, Continue Reading

2016

My First Pony Express Re-Ride 2016

FROM: Karen Trotter-Melton, Cushing, Oklahoma
June 30th, 2016 PDT

Sabetha KS 2015 Went to Sabetha, to meet my great niece, Whitney. While visiting with her and her maternal family, I notice the Pony Express Race signs. I was, like, OMG, this is where, they ran the pony express race. After Goggling, the National Pony Express Race Association webpage, I contact Daniel with the Kansas Division, if I could ride for Kansas. After receiving, “If you are willing, to drive that far, from Cushing OK to Sabetha KS, we will give you three miles, at midnight. I said, “Great, I, Continue Reading

Berkley Riders in Elwood, Kansas

FROM: Susan Lousberg
June 25th, 2016 PDT

The Berkley riders arrived in Elwood, Kansas just as the last Kansas rider arrived to hand the Mochila off the the first Missouri rider, ahead of schedule at 2:30pm CDT. Bruce and Susan Lousberg and Matt and Joyce Holt drove 11 hours from North East Texas to ride with Doug and Tyler Berkley on the re-ride, it was well worth it! Here are Susan’s Photos.

2015

Kennekuk

FROM: Trudy Wischropp
June 15th, 2015 PDT

Here is a Twitter post I made about the NPEA coming through the Kennekuk area today. Pony Express & Twitter I tweeted about the Pony Express going through the area today. Kind of an oxymoron, isn’t it?  Or maybe not?  Was the Pony Express the Twitter of our day? Anywho….I loved seeing the riders change out horses.  Probably not as fast as they used to, but the riders are a little different than they used to be too.  The guy taking off and riding through Kennekuk today was almost 70, as, Continue Reading

2013

HARC escorting from Elwood, Kansas

FROM: Mike Crowe w0msc & wife Sharon, Hiawatha , Kansas
June 18th, 2013 PDT

HARC escorting from Elwood, Kansas to 140th and 75 hwy. one mile north of Sac & Fox casino. I am from Hiawatha Kansas. I have my radio up and I sent you some pictures. And I just wanted to let you know it was our Hiawatha amateur radio club is sponsoring the they escort and Wolf River Outfitters. Tom Johnansen is the owner of the outfitters group. And he was the one that I provided the vehicle for me to do the run and everything.