PRESS ARCHIVE
2022
Pony Express to ride across Nevada
The National Pony Express Ride is on its way across the West, and riders are expected to cross Nevada June 13-14. Read More…..
Special Delivery: Pony Express Re-Ride Passes Through Rock Creek Station
Though it only operated for 18 months, between April 1860 and October 1861, the Pony Express nevertheless became an important part of American history. In the era before electronic communication, the Pony Express was an important line of communication, linking the East and the West. Read more…….
Pony Express 2022 National Re-Ride keeps the legend alive
OVERTON — A lone rider gallops away on a fresh horse, saddle bags securely fitted as both set off toward the west. It could just as easily be a scene from 1860, but in 2022, it was the scene of the Pony Express Re-Ride passing through Dawson and the surrounding counties as they commemorate those … Continued
Journey on horseback: Pony Express rides through the Panhandle
Volunteer riders teamed up to recreate the 1860’s mail delivery route, the Pony Express, touted in history as having joined eastern and western America. The 2022 Pony Express Re-Ride traveled through the Panhandle Thursday, June 9. Read More….
Pony Express Re-Ride headed through Fremont County Saturday
Pony Express-Re-Ride riders are on the trail en route from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA, and they are scheduled to pass through Fremont County on the morning of Saturday, June 11. Read More….
Pony Express Rides Again Through Wyoming Beginning On Thursday
It’s the stuff of great western movies — the lone horse and rider, racing at breakneck speed across the plains, carrying the mail from stage stop to stage stop. Read More…..
Pony Express Re-Ride makes its rounds at Fort Caspar
CASPER, Wyo. — With more than 150 years’ worth of history behind it, the Annual Pony Express Re-Ride is taking place in Casper on Friday, June 10. Read More……..
Pony Express Re-ride retraces historic trail from Missouri to Pacific coast
MARYSVILLE, KS — It’s a tradition working to keep a part of western U.S. history alive. See More……