PRESS ARCHIVE

The National Pony Express Ride is on its way across the West, and riders are expected to cross Nevada June 13-14.   Read More…..

Though it only operated for 18 months, between April 1860 and October 1861, the Pony Express nevertheless became an important part of American history. In the era before electronic communication, the Pony Express was an important line of communication, linking the East and the West.   Read more…….

OVERTON — A lone rider gallops away on a fresh horse, saddle bags securely fitted as both set off toward the west. It could just as easily be a scene from 1860, but in 2022, it was the scene of the Pony Express Re-Ride passing through Dawson and the surrounding counties as they commemorate those…

Volunteer riders teamed up to recreate the 1860’s mail delivery route, the Pony Express, touted in history as having joined eastern and western America. The 2022 Pony Express Re-Ride traveled through the Panhandle Thursday, June 9.   Read More….

Pony Express-Re-Ride riders are on the trail en route from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA, and they are scheduled to pass through Fremont County on the morning of Saturday, June 11.    Read More….

It’s the stuff of great western movies — the lone horse and rider, racing at breakneck speed across the plains, carrying the mail from stage stop to stage stop.   Read More…..

CASPER, Wyo. — With more than 150 years’ worth of history behind it, the Annual Pony Express Re-Ride is taking place in Casper on Friday, June 10.  Read More……..

MARYSVILLE, KS — It’s a tradition working to keep a part of western U.S. history alive. See More……