KEARNEY — The annual Pony Express Re-ride will be in the Kearney area next Wednesday. Members of the National Pony Express Association commemorate the Pony Express with a 1,966-mile ride — 24 hours a day — through eight states over 10 days. The two public viewing stops in Nebraska will be at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday…
2019 Re-ride News Release
Part 1 of 2 Developed during the 1830’s, the Mountain Howitzer packed considerable firepower in a small package. The cannon was never very popular in the east during the Civil War where it was no match against the much larger guns then in use. However, out west against the Indians, it was valued for its maneuverability…
The Pony Express will ride again across the American West. A re-run of the famed mail service will be June 10-20 by the National Pony Express Association. Commemorative letters and personal mail will be carried by horse and rider relays from the Missouri River to the Sacramento River. The first rider departs the Patee House…
The Pony Express will Ride again across the American West. A Re-run of the famed mail Sevice will be done June 10-20, 2019, by the National Pony Express Association (NPEA). Read More…
A breakfast will be served from 7 to 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pony Express Barn Museum alley during the Pony Express re-ride. The re-ride is expected to arrive in Marysville at 9 a.m. Read More …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Watch the Pony Express ride again June 11-12 at two Nebraska state historical parks. Read More
The Pony Express will ride again June 11 and 12 at two Nebraska state historical parks. Each year, members of the National Pony Express Association recreate the Pony Express by carrying letters over the original trail in a commemorative ride over a 10-day period. The 1,966-mile, eight-state event is conducted 24 hours a day until…
Beyond Fort Churchill and Buckland’s Station through the area now known as Churchill County, the history of the Pony Express Stations becomes a confusing mess. Captain James H. Simpson blazed a trail across central Nevada that roughly follows U.S. Highway 50 across Nevada and Utah in 1859 and 1860. This became known as the Simpson…
The previous Pony Express station I told about in this series was Buckland’s Station. It served as a Pony Express station for just a short time between April 3, 1860, until the Pyramid Lake Indian War started about May 12, 1860. For the next two months, service on the Pony Express was disrupted by periodic…
