PRESS ARCHIVE
2018
Celebrating Utah’s 4 national trails as NPS celebrates 50 years of trails
ou know about Utah’s big five national parks, but historians are celebrating 50 years of the nation’s historic trails, including the four that either run through or end in the Beehive State. Read more…
The City of Fallon commemorates 158th Anniversary of The Pony Express Trail
We are pleased to announce the newest addition to Williams Ave.— a commemorative, silhouette statue of a Pony Express Rider. On Tuesday, Apr. 3, the City of Fallon celebrated the 158th anniversary of the Pony Express, which extends from Sacramento, Calif., to. St. Joseph’s Mo. Read More …
Fallon raises new Pony Express memorial statue
To send mail through the Pony Express from San Francisco to St. Joseph, Missouri — a distance of almost 2,000 miles — was a significant form of communication in the western states during the 1860s. Read More …
Today In History
Today In History: Washington DC abolishes slave trade, U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote… Read More …
City of Fallon Celebrates 158th Anniversary of Pony Express Trail
A new Pony Express Trail statue will greet visitors along the ‘Loneliest Road in America’ along Highway 50 in Fallon. Read More …
This day in history [April 3rd]
In 1860, the legendary Pony Express began carrying mail between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento. (The delivery system lasted only 18 months before giving way to the transcontinental telegraph.) Read More …
Today [April 3rd] in History
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2018. There are 272 days left in the year. Read more…
God’s speed Dave Belke
Dressed in his buckskin, wearing an old hat with a stampede string, tanned skin, and rugged and chiseled face, you could swear Dave Belke just stepped out of the old western movie screen and onto the streets of Julesburg. Dave Belke could be described as a one of kind, or maybe one of the last … Continued
Der Spiegel Article ‘Amerikas mutigste Briefträger’
How is your German? Check out this article in the German “Der Spiegel” about the Pony Express. Read More …
Travel Channel Show traces Pony Express
With stops in North America, Europe and Hawaii, Travel Channel’s culinary explorer, Andrew Zimmern, will continue his epicurean road trip through history with seven new episodes of the popular series, “Bizarre Foods.” Production begins this month with a shoot on Hawaii’s Big Island. Throughout the new season, which will hit the air later this year, … Continued