WYOMING NEWS ARCHIVE
2019
Pony Express riders deliver letters to veterans at “Ride for the Heroes”
CHEYENNE – From April 1860 to October 1861, horse-mounted riders with the Pony Express traveled between Missouri and California delivering letters, newspapers and other messages to better connect the country’s still-developing western states. Read More …
Pony Express riders to deliver mail to VA veterans
CHEYENNE – Riders from the Southeast Wyoming Pony Express Association will deliver letters to veterans at the Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in a ceremony at the facility’s Circle of Flags, 2360 E. Pershing Blvd. Read More ….
PONY EXPRESS RIDERS TO DELIVER MAIL TO VETERANS AT CHEYENNE VA
Southeast Wyoming Pony Express riders will deliver letters to veterans at the Cheyenne VA this Saturday as part of their annual Ride for the Heroes. Ride organizer Tony Goulant says the letters were written by Wyoming elementary school students. Read More …
Pony Express rides through county
The annual Pony Express re-ride thunders through Natrona County and is an Old West scene not to be missed by families and tourists. Times are approximate, and in most cases, the action stops only long enough to transfer to fresh riders and horses. The Casper division riders begin at 12:30 p.m. on Friday at the … Continued
Applications coming due for Pony Express re-ride
This year’s Uinta County leg of the annual Pony Express re-ride will be on June 15. Participants will receive mail at 6 p.m. in Granger and carry it to the Utah border near Evanston, where Utah riders will carry it on toward California. Read More …
Pony Express Valentine card ride
HARTVILLE–Members of the Southeast Wyoming Pony Express Association will hold their annual Valentine Card Ride on Saturday, February 2, 2019. Riders will leave the Guernsey Post Office at 9 a.m. and plan to arrive in Hartville between 11 a.m. and noon. Read More …
2018
The Sweetwater County Pony Express will hold its 17th annual Christmas card ride on Saturday, December 8.
The Pony Express Saddles Up for the 17th Annual Christmas Card Ride
Pony Express carries mail for national reride, Vets
GUERNSEY–On Wednesday, they re-enacted history, delivering mail as part of the annual National Pony Express Association reride from California to Missouri. Saturday brought a different mission–creating some of their own history as they delivered hand-written letters from Wyoming elementary students to veterans residing at the Veteran’s Administration Home in Cheyenne, expressing thanks to the Vets … Continued
Ride for heroes. . .
It was literally a touching moment when Wyoming Pony Express state president Les Bennington’s horse lowered his head to pay respect to one of the residents from the Veteran’s Administration Home in Cheyenne on Saturday morning. Continue reading
Pony Express passes through county on historic re-ride
FORT LARAMIE – It’s an image that’s become synonymous with the Old West – The lone rider and his horse, making their way through potentially-hostile territory, ferrying news and letters from the east to the new territories in Wyoming and points west. Continue reading…