NEBRASKA NEWS ARCHIVE
2017
Pony Express re-ride to honor Nebraska sesquicentennial
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – The annual revival of the Pony Express has been chosen as the official event to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th birthday. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald (http://bit.ly/2qTuZQo ) reports that more than 700 horse-riders began the mail service trip in Missouri Monday and will travel nearly 2,000 miles via the Pony Express National Historic Trail … Continued
Visitors Relive the 19th Century at Rock Creek Trail Days
Watch Video … FAIRBURY – It was a blast to the past for many on Saturday, as the Rock Creek Station hosted Rock Creek Trail Days. “We live the 1860s on the Oregon California Pony Express Trail.” The events at Rock Creek Trail Days included a Buffalo Stew Cookout, Pony Express Run and more. … Continued
The 157th Pony Express Re-ride begins Monday
Departure is scheduled for 3 p.m. from St. Joseph, Missouri. Over a thousand letters will be traveling in a leather mochila on horseback from Missouri to California Every year the re-ride follows the original trail as close as possible using surrounding roads. This year 600 riders will take turns to transport the mail over one … Continued
Pony Express re-ride to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th
SCOTTSBLUFF — “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.” According to Old West legend, that’s how the help-wanted advertisement read when the Pony Express began rounding up riders to carry the mail across a still-untamed frontier. The National Pony Express Association, which keeps … Continued
Pony Express re-ride coming through …
The thunder of hoofbeats soon will be heard once again across Tribland as lovers of horses and history carry mail through the region the old-fashioned way. The National Pony Express Association’s annual re-ride will traverse Tribland from southeast to northwest the afternoon and evening of June 6 and overnight and early the morning of June … Continued
Pony Express re-ride to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th
SIDNEY — The National Pony Express Association will relay mail by horse and rider over the famed Pony Express National Historic Trail June 5-15. As a special treat to honor the State’s 150th birthday, this year’s keepsake commemorative letter will celebrate Nebraska’s Sesquicentennial, describing The Great Platte River Road history and highlighting Nebraska’s iconic trail … Continued
Pony Express Re-Ride across Nebraska June 6-8
The National Pony Express Association will relay mail by horse and rider over the famed Pony Express National Historic Trail for 10 days in early June. The Re-Ride will travel along the Pony Express National Historic Trail, entering Nebraska at the Tri-County marker near Steele City on June 6. …. As a special treat to … Continued
Dr. Hartman talks about his volunteering on horseback including the annual Re-Ride.
Dr. Hartman talks about his volunteering on horseback including the Re-Ride. … horseback-related event that he looks forward to every year is the annual Pony Express Re-Ride. Held every May, the re-ride celebrates and remembers the brave Pony Express riders who risked — and often lost — their lives to deliver the mail during the … Continued
Pony Express rides in Lincoln, NE for state’s 150th
RELIVING PAST: Lyle Gronewold of Gothenburg hands a commemorative letter to Gov. Pete Ricketts March 1 during Nebraska’s Statehood Day celebration. Read more ….
Celebrating Nebraska’s 150th birthday in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. March 1 marks the 150th birthday of Nebraska, and the Nebraska 150 Association is celebrating it throughout 2017 with programs and projects across the Cornhusker State. …the crowd moved outside to watch the National Pony Express-Nebraska division deliver of the original statehood proclamation to Governor Ricketts at the Capitol steps.That proclamation was read in the filled … Continued