Reports from the Trail
2017
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
FROM: Dean Atkin, NPEA National President
SENT: June 5th, 2017 | 1:47pm PDT
STATUS: The pony has left the Patee House.
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
2016
FROM: Nevada Hot Line
SENT: August 17th, 2016 | 12:13pm PDT
STATUS: On Thursday, June 16 at 9:54pm the mail was reported 8 miles east of Hooten Wells approximately 1 hour behind schedule.
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: August 16th, 2016 | 8:59am PDT
STATUS: CA handed off to NV at 8:12 scheduled for 0900. As usual the riders were great.
4H Youth Re-Rides History
FROM: Petra Keller, Nevada NPEA
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I wanted to share the write up of Chloe Young, 4H Youth rider that shadowed me on the re-ride. One hundred and fifty-six years ago, when there were no railroads and the telegraph wasn’t yet invented, horses and their riders carried the public’s mail. From California to Missouri, these riders went back and forth with news. They were the Pony Express! Though the Express lasted only 18 months, it is one very important event in U.S. history. As of 1960, a re-ride of the pony express began. This year (2016), Continue Reading
My First Pony Express Re-Ride 2016
FROM: Karen Trotter-Melton, Cushing, Oklahoma
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Sabetha KS 2015 Went to Sabetha, to meet my great niece, Whitney. While visiting with her and her maternal family, I notice the Pony Express Race signs. I was, like, OMG, this is where, they ran the pony express race. After Goggling, the National Pony Express Race Association webpage, I contact Daniel with the Kansas Division, if I could ride for Kansas. After receiving, “If you are willing, to drive that far, from Cushing OK to Sabetha KS, we will give you three miles, at midnight. I said, “Great, I, Continue Reading
FROM: Lyle Ladner, President NPEA
SENT: June 25th, 2016 | 3:38pm PDT
STATUS: The mail arrived in St. Joe on time.
Berkley Riders in Elwood, Kansas
FROM: Susan Lousberg
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The Berkley riders arrived in Elwood, Kansas just as the last Kansas rider arrived to hand the Mochila off the the first Missouri rider, ahead of schedule at 2:30pm CDT. Bruce and Susan Lousberg and Matt and Joyce Holt drove 11 hours from North East Texas to ride with Doug and Tyler Berkley on the re-ride, it was well worth it! Here are Susan’s Photos.
FROM: Susan Lousberg
SENT: June 25th, 2016 | 2:29pm PDT
STATUS: The Berkley riders arrived in Elwood, Kansas just as the last Kansas rider arrived to hand the Mochila off the the first Missouri rider, ahead of schedule at 2:30pm CDT.
Bruce and Susan Lousberg and Matt and Joyce Holt drove 11 hours from North East Texas to ride with Doug and Tyler Berkley on the re-ride, it was well worth it.