PRESS ARCHIVE
2018
BLM offering public tour of the Pony Express Trail on June 2
SALT LAKE CITY — To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act, the Bureau of Land Management’s Salt Lake field office is offering an auto tour of the Pony Express National Historic Trail on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 2. Read more …
Tree plantings celebrate Arbor Day
What do trees and horses have in common? Both were part of an Arbor Day celebration in Nevada’s oldest town on Friday. Read More …
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