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Middlegate Station
This Old West eatery along America’s Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express. Alongside a stretch of the historic Lincoln highway, U.S. Route 50, dubbed the Loneliest Road in America, is an isolated Wild West-style saloon announced by a wooden sign that (accurately) describes its location as “in the middle of nowhere.” Read More …
2017 Pony Express Re-Ride
The National Pony Express Association will celebrate the 157th Anniversary Year of the founding of the Pony Express by conducting a re-run of the famed mail service, June 5-15, 2017. Commemorative letters and personal mail will be carried by horse and rider relays 1966 miles from the Missouri River to the Sacramento River. The first … Continued
Pony Express re-ride events, breakfast set Tuesday
Saddle up and mosey on down to the Pony Express Barn Museum Tuesday morning in Marysville for breakfast under the open sky during the annual Pony Express re-ride historic reenactment. Breakfast will be served from 7 to 10 a.m., and the re-ride exchange will take place at about 9 a.m. as the rider arrives from … Continued
Hidden History: Pony Express
Just before the Civil War broke out, only two states west of Texas had joined the Union. Communications before 1860 between newly admitted California and Oregon and the main United States had to travel 25 days by stagecoach across nearly 2,000 miles of frontier — or even farther by steamer ship around South America. The … Continued
The Pony Express Rides Through Wyoming Again
UPDATE: The rider will be at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center at roughly 3pm Friday, June 9th. He should be at Fort Caspar around 3:45. ============================================================ It only existed for 19 months. but from 1860 to 1861, the start of the Civil War, the Pony Express was the fastest way to get a letter from … Continued
Pony Express re-ride to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th
SIDNEY — The National Pony Express Association will relay mail by horse and rider over the famed Pony Express National Historic Trail June 5-15. As a special treat to honor the State’s 150th birthday, this year’s keepsake commemorative letter will celebrate Nebraska’s Sesquicentennial, describing The Great Platte River Road history and highlighting Nebraska’s iconic trail … Continued
Life on the Pony Express
The Pony Express blazed a trail across the American frontier, horse slashing through the night, hoofs pounding the hard ground, slightly built rider hunched forward. Mile after mile they flew together, propelled by the motto later adopted as the creed of the postman, delivering the mail in the face of snow, sleet or hail. Read … Continued
Nevada Installs new Gate for Re-Ride
Report submitted by Arthur Johnson – 2017 Nevada Pony Express President The Pony Express trail in Nevada goes through some wild and beautiful country. One of the station’s was called Simpson Park Station. It is on private property in a ranch, completely inaccessible to vehicles. For the past several years we have had permission to … Continued
Pony Express Re-Ride across Nebraska June 6-8
The National Pony Express Association will relay mail by horse and rider over the famed Pony Express National Historic Trail for 10 days in early June. The Re-Ride will travel along the Pony Express National Historic Trail, entering Nebraska at the Tri-County marker near Steele City on June 6. …. As a special treat to … Continued
Czech Pony Express enthusiasts to hold historic celebration on three Continents
An unusual international event is set to kick off in the Czech countryside next weekend (May 20, 2017). The project will bring together the “tramping” outdoors movement, next year’s centenary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia and the historic Pony Express in the US. It will wrap up in Canberra, Australia next April – and its … Continued