Reports from the Trail
2024
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 23rd, 2024 | 12:04am PDT
STATUS: The Pony reached the Wyoming-Utah border at 1:00am MDT, running one hour ahead of schedule. Thank you, Wyoming! Go Utah Pony!
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 7:11pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed by Fort Bridger at 7:34pm MDT, running early by about 1.5 hours.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 3:29pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed through Granger at 4:15 pm MDT, running about 1 hour 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 1:13pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony has reached the Green River Crossing on Hwy 28 in Wyoming at 2:07 pm MDT, running about 2 hours early.
Report from the Stablemaster at Midway Point of 2024 XP Re-Ride
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
PDT
Hello All Pony Folks! The Stable hasn’t received any written reports yet from the Trail, but Facebook is abounding with outstanding pictures and videos www.facebook.com/expressrider/ Those pictures and videos are telling a GREAT story on their own! THANK YOU to all who have sent photos and videos along the Trail. They are bringing so many of us along with you to enjoy the scenery and historical significance of the Pony Express Re-Ride! This year’s Re-Ride has progressed very nicely so far. The glitch was in the Nebraska Panhandle with, Continue Reading
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 11:07am PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed through Farson, WY, at 11:52am MDT. These Wyoming Riders are hoofing it!! They are 2hours 8minutes ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 10:25am PDT
STATUS: The Wyoming riders continue to move right along the trail, picking up time. At 11:16am MDT, the Pony is about 6-7 miles from Farson, projected to be almost 2 hours early into that station.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 7:30am PDT
STATUS: At 8:22am CDT, the Pony is riding through South Pass, a 20 mile wide, gently sloping gap in the Rocky Mountains, which was perhaps the most important landform along the emigrant trails. It opened the West to settlement by providing a route over the Continental Divide that wagons could negotiate. The Pony is still running ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 5:13am PDT
STATUS: At 6:07am MDT, the Pony is approaching Atlantic City, WY, running a little over an hour ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 4:38am PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed through Sweetwater, WY, at 2:30am MDT, running about 1.5 hours ahead of schedule.