NEBRASKA NEWS ARCHIVE
2022
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….
Gothenburg Pony Express Station Gearing up for the Summer Tourist Season
As temperatures begin to warm and signs of spring slowly begin to emerge, the folks at the Pony Express Station Museum, located at Ehmen Park in Gothenburg, are busy preparing for the upcoming tourism season. Read More…..
2021
22 things to do in 2022……………………in western Nebraska
Pony Express Re-Ride — June 7-June 9 Two riders in the 2021 Pony Express Re-Ride travel down Old Oregon Trail Road shortly after leaving a stop at the Scotts Bluff National Monument. The Pony Express Re-Ride will be back in western Nebraska June 7-June 9, 2022. Star-Herald File Photo Each year, the Pony Express Re-Ride. … Continued
Some will receive special cards & letters, via ‘Pony Express’
What could be more festive in central Nebraska than receiving a beautiful Christmas greeting via Pony Express? Since approximately 2000, the local members of the National Pony Express Association have been carrying holiday greetings on horseback during a Christmas Reride. This year the reride was held on Dec. 11. Continue Reading………
High Plains Christmas returns to Legacy of the Plains
High Plains Christmas made its return with a full slate of events on Saturday at the Legacy of the Plains Museum. The museum offered a soup or hot dog lunch, wagon and carriage rides and cowboy coffee. When the clock struck noon, Pony Express rider Casey Debus made her grand entrance to pick up children’s … Continued
Pony Express re-ride set for Dec. 11
The Central Nebraska Pony Express rides again on Dec. 11. Those wishing to can address Christmas cards to friends or family anywhere in the world, affix the appropriate postage and deposit cards in the Pony Express Mailbox at Wilson Public Library in Cozad, the Gothenburg Public Library or the Gothenburg State Bank in Brady now … Continued
Pump on the prairie A ranch southeast of Brady acted as a pioneer ‘Kwik Stop’ for Oregon Trail travelers
…………..Some 160 years ago, John and Jeremiah Gilman’s “road ranch” southeast of present-day Brady was one of the best-known Lincoln County (Nebraska) oases along the Oregon-California Trail. Nothing remains of the cabins, stables and Pony Express station where the Nebraska City brothers planted roots in 1859 rather than continue to Colorado’s gold fields………….. Read … Continued
History Comes Alive In Annual Re-Ride
Each year the National Pony Express Association hosts the annual Pony Express Re-Ride as a way of promoting and preserving the history of the famed Pony Express. While last year’s ride was cancelled due to the pandemic, this year the riders and horses were ready for the nearly 2,000-mile journey. Of course, one of the … Continued