Reports from the Trail: Stories

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

Showcasing the Annual Re-Ride of the Pony Express National Historic Trail

FROM: Derek Nelson, National Trails Intermountain Region, National Park Service
June 5th, 2017 PDT

National Trails Intermountain Region (NTIR) is responsible for administering or co-administering 9 of the 19 national historic trails congressionally designated throughout the country. One of these trails, the Pony Express, has fascinated Americans since its first riders hit leather in April 1860, heading west from St. Joseph, Missouri, and east from San Francisco, California. This innovative overland mail service lasted only 19 months, but it created an immediate sensation and won a permanent place in the history of the American West. The legend of “the Pony,” as it was affectionately, Continue Reading