Reports from the Trail: Stories
By Year
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2017
Report from Utah
FROM: Patsy Lange
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We got to our second ride about an hour early, at the head of East Canyon Lake. As we were having a sandwich a couple of deer ran across the road, down to get a drink probably. A couple of minutes later, four of them came out of the brush and started walking towards the truck. They got within 20 feet of us, turned toward the lake and then up the other side and up the hill. My daughter, Jamie Marvidakis and I had a super ride along the lake,, Continue Reading
Antelopes and receiving the mail from Wyoming
FROM: Patsy Lange
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On our way to the Wyoming border, just past Wahsatch Exit, an antelope crossed in front of us. It turned and started running right toward the truck. Just before it almost was going to ram us head on I turned out the lights and it barely missed us and kept on running past us . This was 1:30 AM. We got to Wyoming border about 1:45 AM, the Pony was 1hr 45 minutes late. Jamie Marvidakis took 1st ride on JoJo, I took the mail on Blaze and headed back, Continue Reading
Nearing Scottsbluff Nebraska
FROM: Troy Brian
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Nearing Scottsbluff Nebraska Nearing Scottsbluff Nebraska Nearing Scottsbluff Nebraska
Following the Re-Ride from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA
FROM: Dean Atkin, NPEA National President
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Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Dean Atkin, NPEA National President & Gary Chilcote, NPEA Missouri Division President in front of the Patee House, St Joseph, MO Gary Chilcote (MO), Lyle Ladner (KS), Jack Rhodes (UT) at the Patee House, St. Joseph MO First westbound Re-Riders from Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Marysville, KS Marysville Kansas Marysville Kansas Marysville Kansas Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Rock Creek Station Rock Creek station. Kara Reggie from Endicott Nebraska Oak, NE Oak, NE Sunset In Nebraska Cozad,, Continue Reading
Keith County Riders by Mary Cone
FROM: Mary Cone, Keith County, Nebraska Trail Captain
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The 2017 XP Re-Ride in Keith County, Nebraska, went very well. Late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms threatened to shunt our path off of the gravel roads and onto pavement (not for the horses, of course, but for the trailer rigs) but little rain fell and the Re-Ride trail was navigable the whole 43.5 mile distance. There was still a light cloud cover, but the 98% moon shown through enough to greatly help us see. The North Platte Riders brought the mail 9 miles extra for our section, as we, Continue Reading
Re-Ride through Julesburg, CO
FROM: Paula Bath member/ rider CO division National Pony Express Association
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The Julesburg Chamber of Commerce held a BBQ at the Visitor Center for the community and the riders of the National Pony Express who will assist n carrying on the tradition of moving the mail horseback from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. They will ride non-stop for 10 days just as they did in 1860. Mochila transfer from horse to horse to carry on the mail. Mochila transfer and getting ready to ride Shelley Gerk getting ready ride Linda Dolezal, NPEA Colorado Division President, ready to ride CO division, Continue Reading
Report from Kansas by Jean Miller
FROM: Jean Miller
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June 6: Perfect morning for the ride! Temperature in mid 60’s, bright sky, light breeze. Pony Express Barn Museum in Marysville had a chuckwagon breakfast waiting. Good crowd was in attendance. June 6: Perfect morning for the ride! Temperature in mid 60’s, bright sky, light breeze. Pony Express Barn Museum in Marysville had a chuckwagon breakfast waiting. Good crowd was in attendance. Perfect morning for the ride! Mochila
Home station in Seneca KS
FROM: Leslie Kohake
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Home station in Seneca KS Home station in Seneca KS
St. Joseph and eastern Kansas
FROM: Annemiek Wortel
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Start of the 2017 Re-Ride. Riders Penny Orrick and Kristin King at the Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Kansas Riders Annemiek Wortel visiting from the Netherlands Kansas Re-Riders Kansas Re-Riders Kansas Re-Riders Doug Berkley Tyler Berkley Doug Berkley Tyler Roy Winkler Doug Berkley Tyler Berkley Doug Berkley Doug Berkley, Tyler, Mrs Striker, Dave Sanner Allan Pralli Lucy Heinen – Night Re-Rider Kansas In Seneca at the pony express trail museum In Seneca at the pony express trail museum Gathering and coffee and donuts to get us through the night, at, Continue Reading
Showcasing the Annual Re-Ride of the Pony Express National Historic Trail
FROM: Derek Nelson, National Trails Intermountain Region, National Park Service
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National Trails Intermountain Region (NTIR) is responsible for administering or co-administering 9 of the 19 national historic trails congressionally designated throughout the country. One of these trails, the Pony Express, has fascinated Americans since its first riders hit leather in April 1860, heading west from St. Joseph, Missouri, and east from San Francisco, California. This innovative overland mail service lasted only 19 months, but it created an immediate sensation and won a permanent place in the history of the American West. The legend of “the Pony,” as it was affectionately, Continue Reading