A life-sized horse and Pony Express rider will soon be a reality in Gothenburg. Artist and sculptor Linda Egle of Thedford is working on the project with a completion date estimated to be in the spring of 2025. Gothenburg will be host to the 2026 National Pony Express Convention. Read More….
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…
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SCOTTSBLUFF —The annual re-ride of the Pony Express was seen on area roads June 20. It is a time to relive history, to experience mail delivery when the West was still developing.A group of riders from the Scottsbluff area met in Bridgeport June 20, riding about 1-mile segments and trading riders. Read more..
The June 20 storm occurred just as riders of the Pony Express Re-ride were entering Gering. Read more..
CHAPPELL, Neb. — The spirit of the Pony Express lives on as modern-day riders, known as the Pony Express Re-Riders, embarked on their annual journey from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. Covering nearly 2000 miles, these dedicated riders are racing against time, aiming to complete the historic route in just 10 days. Equipped with…
OVERTON — A lone rider gallops away on a fresh horse, saddle bags securely fitted as both set off toward the west. This could just as easily be a scene from 1860, but in 2024, it was the scene of the Pony Express Re-Ride passing through Buffalo, Phelps, Gosper, Dawson and the surrounding counties as…
he horse galloped into Rock Creek Station on Tuesday afternoon as more than 50 people watched the rider hand off the mail pouch to the next rider with a fresh horse during the annual Pony Express Re-ride. Every June. members of the National Pony Express Association Read more..
Over the course of ten days the National Pony Express will deliver around 1100 letters from Missouri to California by horseback. According to the National Pony Express the 1,966 mile, eight state event is conducted 24 hours a day until the mail is delivered to its destination in California. See more..
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Neb. — Kara Riggle is the fourth generation of her family to ride the Pony Express. Originally from Endicott, she started riding in the National Pony Express Re-Ride with her father before she could ride on her own in 2011. But I have been riding along many years before that, in front of my…
