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Pony Express letter to Vermonter up for auction
You Tube Video with history about a letter sent by Pony Express from California to Vermont. Watch Video.
Rare Vermont Pony Express Letter Auctioned Off
You Tube Video of news story regarding the Vermont letter carried by Pony Express. Watch video.
Pony Express letter to Vermonter sells for $6,500 at auction
The only Pony Express letter ever delivered to Vermont sold for $6,500 at a New York City auction Read More……..
The Pony Express Rides Again!
10-Day, 2,000-Mile Trek From California to Missouri Will Deliver Mail, Celebrate 163rd Anniversary Read More………
Pony Express Rides Again
Every year the National Pony Express Association reenacts the transcontinental delivery of mail on horseback in ten days. This year they left Sacramento on 7 June and will arrive in St. Joseph, Mo., on 17 June. Read More…
Rare pony express envelope that was bound for Vt. gallops toward auction block
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A rare piece of American history with ties to Vermont will go on the auction block in New York City later this month. It’s a pony express envelope that was bound for a recipient in the Green Mountain State. The pony express Read More…
Pony Express is delivering mail again
Photo by: Shutterstock By: Scripps News Staff Posted at 12:04 PM, Jun 09, 2023 and last updated 11:04 AM, Jun 09, 2023 The Pony Express may be coming through your town with mail. According to the National Pony Express Association, its annual re-ride kicked off this week. It will take riders from Sacramento, California, to St. Louis, Missouri. … Continued
2,000 miles on the Pony Express? Riders to take mail on horseback from Sacramento to Missouri
This week, mail enthusiasts, horseback riders and onlookers will celebrate the Pony Express’ 163rd anniversary with a nearly 2,000-mile trek from Old Sacramento to St. Joseph, Missouri. The National Pony Express Association, Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article276162061.html#storylink=cpy Read More…….
The Pony Express rides again: St. Joseph, Mo., is last stop on re-created journey
Penny Orrick of Easton, Missouri, is scheduled to arrive from Elwood, Kansas, on horseback in St. Joseph, Missouri, at 7:30 p.m. June 17. She will be the last of about 700 riders who will have relayed a mailbag from one horse and rider to another for 10 days straight. Riding 24/7, the journey will have … Continued
2022
When a government safe was raided — to fund the Pony Express illegally
……Thompson had heard that hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks and bonds had been secretly removed and “loaned” to an unknown official. To his shock, the securities were indeed missing from the safe. The recipient turned out to be the president of the Pony Express, ………… Read More……..