SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Pony Express will host their 23rd annual Christmas card ride on Saturday, Dec. 14. The cards will be carried on horseback from the Green River Post Office to the Rock Springs Post Office. Read More….
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…
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…
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..
PLATTE COUNTY – Neither sleet, nor hail, nor rain, nor NOAA storm warnings stopped the progression of mail being delivered via the National Pony Express 2024 re-ride. The annual event commemorates an iconic part of American History from 1860 – 1861.. Read More..
PLATTE COUNTY – Neither sleet, nor hail, nor rain, nor NOAA storm warnings stopped the progression of mail being delivered via the National Pony Express 2024 re-ride. The annual event commemorates an iconic part of American History from 1860 – 1861, a short but important period of our history demonstrating grit, determination and plain hard…
FARSON – A town of 217 people was one of many stops for riders of the annual National Pony Express Association Re-Ride. Read more..
GRANGER – An echo from the past will pass through Granger Saturday afternoon when the Pony Express arrives during an annual re-ride. Read more…
CASPER, Wyo. — Riders with the National Pony Express Association made a pit stop at Casper’s Trails Center on Friday as part of their yearly re-creation of the historic Pony Express mail route. After exchanging the traditional leather satchel containing locked pouches of mail to fresh horses and riders, the journey continued west. Read more..
