Even though the Pony Express was in operation for only 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861, it is synonymous with the Old West. In the era before easy mass communication, the Pony Express was the thread that tied East to West.
That bit of history is still reenacted each year during the Pony Express ReRide which takes riders and their horses almost 2,000 miles between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, Calif.
This year, being an “even” year, the riders have taken off in St. Joseph (on “odd” years they take off from Sacramento). They have already been through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and, as of Friday, Wyoming. The reride enters Nevada on Monday, then through South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, June 26 before ending in Old Town Sacramento on June 27. Read more..