NEBRASKA NEWS ARCHIVE
2018
Pony Express Museum in Gothenburg remains a visitor destination after 158 years
Jan Gill, great-granddaughter of the original owner of the Upper 96 Ranch near Gothenburg, Nebraska, where the Samuel Machette Pony Express cabin was originally located, says she feels “grateful and blessed that our family has had the opportunity to honor and preserve a portion of our nation’s history. Read More …
2017
Pony Express Riders collect and transport holiday mail
COZAD, Neb. — Pony Express Riders acted as specially-appointed mail couriers once again – this time for the holidays. Members of the Central Nebraska Pony Express Association gathered at Cozad’s Wilson Public Library to carry two special bags to Gothenburg for a Christmas card ride. Read More …
Pony Express Christmas Card Ride is Saturday – Cozad, NE
The Central Nebraska Pony Express will make its seventh-annual Christmas Card Ride on Saturday. Read More …
Prepare for Christmas like the pioneers
GERING, Neb. – Christmas is coming. What better way to start preparations than the way our ancestors did in the nineteenth century. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Legacy of the Plains Museum, Chimney Rock National Historic Site and the Melbeta Post Office will be hosting a variety of activities that evoke Christmases of the past on … Continued
Westward Ho: Pony Express re-ride travels through Dawson County
It has been 157 years since the first Pony Express riders raced across the country, and Americans are still enthralled with the history of it. Nothing quite says ‘Old West’ like the Pony Express. Read More …
Back in Nebraska’s saddle once again
The sleepy world was just opening its eyes as I drove across flat Nebraska farmland shortly after dawn June 7. I was headed out to Fort Kearny, where a Pony Express re-enactment rider would arrive around 7 a.m. Read more ….
Pony Express trots through 157th year, locals ride
Although the 157th, 1,966-mile commemorative Re-Ride began June 5 at the former headquarters for the pony express in St. Joseph, Mo., and is now bound for Sacramento, Calif., the Nebraska Division of the National Pony Express Association began its ride March 1 at the State Capitol in Lincoln. Read more ….
Pony Express gallops through the Valley
Back in 1860, a small group of riders for the Pony Express would make the ten day trek from Missouri to California to deliver letters. Despite lasting less than two years, the legacy of the nearly 2,000 mile route lives on today. Read more ….
Pony Express passes through Dawson County
GOTHENBURG — A Pony Express station on private land was opened to the public briefly on Wednesday as the National Pony Express Association Re-ride passed through the area. Midway Station, located three miles south of Gothenburg and a mile to the east on the 96 Ranch, was the site of a mochila hand-off during the … Continued