Pony Express Gazette

NPEA Member Newspaper published yearly on April 3.

If you have an item for the Gazette, please email it to arleta@bluevalley.net.

**Deadline for submitting articles is February 28.**


Read the Pony Express Gazette 2026

cover design for the pony express gazette, April 2026

Sidney, NE, National Pony Express Monument after cleaning and polishing. Sept. 11, 2023

The Pony Express Gazette 2025

  • Camp Floyd, Utah Territory
  • Santa delivers Christmas Mail in Wyoming
  • News from Kansas, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and Nebraska
  • Message from President Pam
  • 2025 Convention Information and Registration Form
  • Pony Stories
  • California Bridges repaired
  • Empty Saddles
  • News from the Stable — Facebook and Website
  • Pony Express Sculptures
  • Minutes from 2024 Trails Meeting and Delegates Meeting

The Pony Express Gazette 2024

  • California Division History Preservation Award
  • News from Nevada, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah
  • Message from the President
  • 2024 Convention Information and Registration
  • Historical Committee Organization
  • Utah’s ‘This is the Place’ Cleanup Effort
  • Facebook and Website News
  • Caldor Fire Trail Damage update
  • Obituaries
  • Henry Avis, Pony Express Rider
  • Minutes from 2023 Convention Trails and Delegates Meetings


The Pony Express Gazette 2023

  • Bronze Pony Express Mochila statue has new home in Gothenburg
  • Fairbanks Monument celebrates 25 years in Salt Lake
  • 1983 Slide Ride drew worldwide attention 40 years ago
  • News from Wyoming, Kansas and Utah
  • 4th Generation Riders in Utah2023 National Convention Information and Registration
  • Dutch girl immersed in the 2022 Re-Ride with Kansas Pony Rider friend
  • Message from President Pam
  • Riding Internationally in Utah, Nevada, California and Germany!
  • Stablemaster News — Website & Facebook
  • Empty Saddles
  • Follow-up Report on Pony Express Trail Caldor Fire damage
  • NPEA Convention Trails Meeting and Delegates Meeting, September 2022


The Pony Express Gazette 2022

  • California Caldor Fire destroys miles of Pony Express Trail
  • NPS Update
  • Utah Family Experiences Their First Re-Ride
  • Colorado Rider has 40 Years of Riding Under His Belt
  • 2022 National Convention Information and Registration
  • The Telegraph Crossing Wyoming in 1861
  • 10 Things to Know about the Pony Express
  • Background to the PBS Nature Program Featuring the Pony Express Re-Ride
  • Empty Saddles
  • September 2021 Director’s Meeting Notes
The mochila is showing some wear and collecting more rider signatures. Photo Credit-Billie Mitchell

The Pony Express Gazette 2021

  • Olympic Torch Ride 25th Anniversary
  • National Monument Flag Update
  • New NPS Trails Program Manager
  • Battle of Egan Station
  • NPEA/NPS Re-Ride Partnership
  • National History Day and the Pony
  • Empty Saddles
  • NPEA Strategic Plan
  • 2020 Directors’ ZOOM Meeting Notes
Photo by Richard Gwin
On Saturday June 19, 2010 the 12th day of the re-enactmnet of the 150 th ride of the Pony Express, heading east towards Gothenburg, Nebraska.

sepia toned stamp image of someone riding a horse fast, with the number 4 in the corner

The Pony Express Gazette 2020

  • 2020 Re-Ride Schedule
  • Pony Express NHT Study Completed
  • Christmas Card Ride (CO)
  • Member Profile – Doc Christensen
  • NPEA Strategic Plan 2019-2024
  • 2019 Directors’ Meeting Notes
  • Stamp Collection and the Pony Express
  • Ham Operators Help during Re-Ride

The Pony Express Gazette 2019

  • 2019 Re-Ride Schedule
  • Pony Express at the Reno Rodeo
  • Member Profile – Les Bennington
  • 2018 Board of Director Notes
  • Thunder and Dust
  • Historical Articles
    • Confederate Spy and Socialite
    • Thomas Bedford
    • Then and Now: Hollenberg Station


The Pony Express Gazette 2018

  • 2018 Re-Ride Schedule
  • National Trails System 50th Anniversary
  • Boy Scouts help with Pony Express Signs
  • Christmas Card Rides (CO, WY)
  • Valentine’s Day Card Ride (WY)
  • 2018 Convention Information