Reports from the Trail
2017
FROM: David Kittle, Second Vice President
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 3:21pm PDT
STATUS: On June 7th at 4:37 pm CDT the rider and mail were reported to be between Gothenburg, NE and Brady, NE on the south side of the Platte River.
FROM: Dean Atkin, National President
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 1:52pm PDT
STATUS: Midway Nebraska. 3:43pm CDT. Headed to Gothenburg
FROM: Dean Atkin, National President
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 12:22pm PDT
STATUS: The mail left Cozad, NE on time.
FROM: Dean Atkin, National President
SENT: June 7th, 2017 | 9:02am PDT
STATUS: The Pony is on time in Plum Creek, NE
Nebraska Schedule - http://nationalponyexpress.org/the-states/nebraska/#2017-nebraska-npea-reride-westbound
FROM: David Kittle
SENT: June 6th, 2017 | 1:13pm PDT
STATUS: At 2:00 PM CT on June 6, the Pony was passing by Rock Creek Station in Nebraska.
Home station in Seneca KS
FROM: Leslie Kohake
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Home station in Seneca KS Home station in Seneca KS
FROM: Dean Atkin, National President
SENT: June 6th, 2017 | 7:49am PDT
STATUS: The mail left Maryville, KS at 9:25AM CDT
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