(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, is hosting the National Pony Express Association’s (NPEA) annual convention this weekend for the first time in eight years. Read more…
After more than 85 years, Mother Nature is beginning to take a toll on a longtime centerpiece of Downtown and symbol of St. Joseph’s history. The Pony Express Monument has welcomed residents to Downtown St. Joseph on Frederick Avenue since it was first constructed in 1938, but decades of exposure are causing the massive granite…
CASPER — The donation of a $1.5 million Pony Express collection could jump-start a multimillion-dollar project that would make the Fort Caspar Museum a national draw for fans of the famously brief 18-month Western mail service. Casper City Council on Tuesday gave a thumbs up to accept the donation from the late Joe Nardone, a California collector…
CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up Tuesday to the project of acquiring a large collection of Pony Express artifacts, documents and art to be displayed at an expanded Fort Caspar Museum. The consultants behind the study heard Tuesday said that heritage tourism related to sites and artifacts of Westward Expansion…
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – In the early 1860s, the Pony Express was established as an American express mail service, utilizing relays of horse-mounted riders to deliver mail between Missouri and California. Though it was the West’s most direct means of communication for a time, the service was short-lived, ending with the invention of the…
Watch You-tube program on the Marysville, KS, Pony Express Barn & Museum …………..
The National Pony Express Association annual re-ride came through Churchill County June 25-26 making stops along the way which included Cold Springs Station, Sand Mountain and Fort Churchill. Read more..
Fort Laramie, WY (by Cindy Sheeley) July 8th, 2024 — Fort Laramie National Historic Site was buzzing with activity on July 4th for the fort’s annual “Ol’ Fashioned Fourth of July” event. Read more…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — On an April day in 1860, the first Pony Express rider left the stables in St. Joseph, rode past cheering crowds, crossed the Missouri River on a ferry, then headed west with the mail in his saddle. Ten days later, after a relay of riders and horses spanning nearly 2,000 miles,…
This year’s Pony Express Re-Ride passed through Sweetwater County ahead of schedule Saturday, June 22, stopping to change riders and horses in Granger at 4:15 p.m., the Sweetwater County Historical Museum shared. Read more..
