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Mormon Station park in Genoa hosting stories of the Pony Express
The Pony Express was a massive operation that began in 1860 to satisfy the demand for a fast mail service. Though it only lasted 18 months, it is still romanticized throughout the west today. Bring a chair and join a Park Ranger for a history talk on the Pony Express. Learn about its beginnings, the … Continued
Pony Express re-ride to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th
SCOTTSBLUFF — “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.” According to Old West legend, that’s how the help-wanted advertisement read when the Pony Express began rounding up riders to carry the mail across a still-untamed frontier. The National Pony Express Association, which keeps … Continued
The Pony Express rides again
The annual re-ride of the Pony Express begins with a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 5, at the Patee House Museum, 1202 Penn St. The riders will travel across the Missouri River to Elwood, Kansas, and then on through seven states to reach their destination in Sacramento, California. Penny Orrick of St. Joseph will … Continued
Pony Express re-ride coming through …
The thunder of hoofbeats soon will be heard once again across Tribland as lovers of horses and history carry mail through the region the old-fashioned way. The National Pony Express Association’s annual re-ride will traverse Tribland from southeast to northwest the afternoon and evening of June 6 and overnight and early the morning of June … Continued
2017 Pony Express Re-ride – Arrival Ceremony
The Arrival Ceremony concludes the 2017 re-ride of the Pony Express route from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento – a 10-day, 1966-mile horse-and-rider relay. The rider, horse and mail will arrive at 3:45 pm at the Pony Rider Monument. Read More …
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