Reports from the Trail
2017
FROM: David Kittle
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 2:30pm PDT
STATUS: On June 8th at 3:15 pm MDT the rider and mail were passing Chimney Rock Nation Monument in Nebraska.
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 1:15pm PDT
STATUS: On June 8th at 2:01 the Rider and mail were in Bridgeport, NE
Keith County Riders by Mary Cone
FROM: Mary Cone, Keith County, Nebraska Trail Captain
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The 2017 XP Re-Ride in Keith County, Nebraska, went very well. Late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms threatened to shunt our path off of the gravel roads and onto pavement (not for the horses, of course, but for the trailer rigs) but little rain fell and the Re-Ride trail was navigable the whole 43.5 mile distance. There was still a light cloud cover, but the 98% moon shown through enough to greatly help us see. The North Platte Riders brought the mail 9 miles extra for our section, as we, Continue Reading
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 9:30am PDT
STATUS: On June 8th at 10:12 am MDT the rider and the mail were on the out skirts of Sidney, NE
Re-Ride through Julesburg, CO
FROM: Paula Bath member/ rider CO division National Pony Express Association
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The Julesburg Chamber of Commerce held a BBQ at the Visitor Center for the community and the riders of the National Pony Express who will assist n carrying on the tradition of moving the mail horseback from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. They will ride non-stop for 10 days just as they did in 1860. Mochila transfer from horse to horse to carry on the mail. Mochila transfer and getting ready to ride Shelley Gerk getting ready ride Linda Dolezal, NPEA Colorado Division President, ready to ride CO division, Continue Reading
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 8:21am PDT
STATUS: On June 8th at 8:53 am MDT the rider and mail were reported to be in Lodgepole, NE
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 7:33am PDT
STATUS: On June 8th at 7:03 am MDT the rider and mail were reported to be in Chappell, NE
FROM: David Kittle, received at 1:31 AM CDT
SENT: June 8th, 2017 | 5:07am PDT
STATUS: On June 8th, at 12:25 am MDT the rider and mail were at Ogalala, NE
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 9:39pm PDT
STATUS: On June 7th at 10:00 pm CDT the rider and mail were at Sutherland Reservoir., just south of Sutherland, NE and just south of I80.
FROM: David Kittle at 6:28 PM
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 4:44pm PDT
STATUS: Today, June 7th at 6:10 pm the rider and the mail were passing by Fort McPherson National Cemetery, which is south of Maxwell, NE