NEVADA NEWS ARCHIVE
2024
Fox Reno — Pony Express annual re-ride comes to Dayton, Carson City, Genoa
CARSON CITY, Nev. — More than 150 years since the Pony Express was created, allowing people to send letters across the country, it was back in Carson City Wednesday for one of the final legs of this year’s annual re-ride. Read more…
Annual Pony Express re-ride to make stops at Fort Churchill, Carson City, Genoa and Tahoe
The annual Pony Express Re-ride, a re-enactment of the original Pony Express Route that spanned nearly 2,000 miles passing through what are now seven western states, returns to the Carson City area on Wednesday, June 26. Read more..
PONY EXPRESS RIDES INTO FOLSOM, SACRAMENTO THURSDAY
PUBLIC INVITED TO WITNESS EXCHANGES, PARTICIPATE IN RELATED ACTIVITIES AT FOLSOM HISTORY MUSEUM The National Pony Express is on the Historic Pony Express Trail once again, trekking from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento and Folsom will be one of its many stops along the way with three different riders making exchanges in the city limits … Continued
Pony Express re-ride coming this week
The Pony Express Re-ride is scheduled to pass through Carson Valley on its way to Stateline Wednesday. The annual re-enactment of the Pony Express started Monday in St. Joseph, Mo., and rides west this year, arriving in Old Sacramento on Thursday. Read more..
Pony Express ReRide comes through South Lake Tahoe Wednesday
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 … Continued
Pony Express Re-ride
Wednesday, June 25 Annual Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail The National Pony Express Association will be conducting its Annual Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph Missouri, to Sacramento, California, June 17 – 27, 2024. The ride is scheduled to depart Nevada/California Stateline (South Lake Tahoe) Wednesday, June 25, 5:30 p.m. Note: Anyone … Continued
Pony Express Re-Ride to gallop through rural Nevada
The Pony Express National Re-Ride is bringing history to life, following the route over which mail was delivered by horseback in 1860 and 1861. The National Pony Express Association rallies volunteers each June to hit the historic trail which Pony Express riders once followed. The 2024 endeavor is planned from June 17 to 27, 24 … Continued
2023
Engineering’s ‘omniscient being,’ Sam DiMuzio, wins Distinguished Classified Employee award
DiMuzio ‘knows all, sees all and does all’ Read More…..
Pony Express Re-ride continues into Nevada
With storm clouds not far behind, Pony Express re-riders ……. Read More…..
2022
Independence Day Parade prize winners named
Horse Group: Pony Express Schellbourne Re-Riders See More…….. Video