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(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Every year it seems like the Pony Express Museum is receiving a new artifact or piece of history, and to start 2025, the museum received its first donation. Recently, Suzanne Lehr of Voices of the Past, gifted an original photo of James Benjamin “Bean” Hamilton who was an original Pony Express Rider. …

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Pony Express accepted Santa letters at Felix Park before sending them off with a rider to the post office.    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…

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,…

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History came to life in front of the historic Patee House museum, the original home of the Pony Express, as the historic mail system rode again. People from near and far celebrated and sent off three riders to kick off the Pony Express re-ride, recreating the historic journey made from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento,…

History came to life in front of the historic Patee House museum, the original home of the Pony Express, as the historic mail system rode again. People from near and far celebrated and sent off three riders to kick off the Pony Express re-ride, recreating the historic journey made from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento,…

Hundreds gathered at the Patee House on Monday afternoon for the official kick-off of the annual National Pony Express Association’s Re-Ride.  Read More…

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The National Pony Express Association is recreating the Pony Express by re-riding the trail in a 10 day period. Families and community members gathered to celebrate the 164th re-ride of the Pony Express on Monday. Read More…