RIDING for HISTORY Lyn Fellows discovered Downunder Horsemanship in 2002 when she was lying on her couch, recovering from open heart surgery. “I was watching RFD-TV, and Clinton’s program came on,” Lyn remembers. “I’d been out of horses for a bit, and watching Clinton sparked that bug in me again.” Just a few years before, Lyn had lost her first horse,…
Casper, Wyo. – The National Pony Express Association successfully arrived at the Patee House in Missouri completing the 2025 annual re-ride on June 21st The National Pony Express Association (NPEA) was created in 1978 and since then have been committed to preserving the pony express national historic trail. Every year since then they have hosted…
Postmark Pursuit by Linn’s Staff The National Pony Express Association (NPEA) is offering a postmark highlighting the organization’s annual commemorative re-ride of the Pony Express route between Sacramento, Calif., and St. Joseph, Mo. The special cancel features a postrider traveling along a linear trail map that includes some of the major stops on the original…
Great job goes out to all the officials and volunteers to help put on Friday and Saturday’s Flaming Gorge Days celebration in Green River. One of the highlights of Flaming Gorge Days is the Saturday morning parade. This year’s theme was “Heroes!” Yesterday, the Green River Parks and Recreation Department announced this year’s parade winners…
LODGEPOLE, NE – The Village of Lodgepole has been humming with energy, cooperation, and community pride in recent weeks. Whether through the hum of a mower, the clink of a historical marker being installed, or the soft hoofbeats of a Pony Express horse, signs of progress and heritage have been all around. One of the…
The National Pony Express Association recently conducted its an annual re-ride duplicating the original Pony Express trail and Divide resident Kelly Turney participated. Here she generously gives readers an inside look at the event: “Getting involved with Pony Express has long been a bucket list activity for me. My friend Cheryl invited me to join…
The late Carol Anderson was remembered and honored during this year’s Pony Express Association Re-ride when it passed through Oak Friday. Carol purchased her first horse shortly after her marriage to Jerry Anderson in 1962 and participated in her first Re-ride experience in that same year. She began again in 1990 and continued yearly until…
At 1,966 miles and roughly 186 horses over the course of 10 days, you could have sent a letter all the way from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, back in 1860. This mailing system was known as the Pony Express, a private owned company to deliver mail faster than the alternative at the time…
In the year 1858, a great need for a mail system arose in America. The creation of the Leavenworth & Pike’s Peak Express Company by William H. Russell, Alexander Majors and William B. Waddel satisfied this need. Later the company was renamed the Pony Express. The Pony Express was a mail service that delivered mail…
Riders and members of the Nebraska chapter of the National Pony Express Association posed for a group photo in front of the Midway Station original Pony Express station on June 19. Photos …
