“I’m screaming with my horse for two miles and thinking about my great-grandfather and my great-great-grandfather and this idea they had to move the mail,” Rhodes said Tuesday at the annual re-ride stop at Marysville’s Pony Express Barn Museum. Read more …
This year’s commemorative letter honors Nebraska’s sesquicentennial, describing the Great Platte River Road’s history and featuring the iconic Chimney Rock. The envelope will also showcase the U.S. Postal Service-issued Nebraska Sesquicentennial postage stamp. Read more ….
More than 700 riders began the mail service trip by horse in Missouri on Monday, the Scottsbluff Star-Herald reported. They’ll travel nearly 2,000 miles via the Pony Express National Historic Trail through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California by June 15. Read more ….
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — The annual revival of the Pony Express has been chosen as the official event to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th birthday. More than 700 riders began the mail service trip by horse in Missouri on Monday, the Scottsbluff Star-Herald reported. They’ll travel nearly 2,000 miles via the Pony Express National Historic Trail through…
The Pony Express only ran for a single year before telegraph lines and transcontinental railroads made it obsolete, but the ideals it represents—the rugged American spirit and the pioneering fortitude that tamed the Wild West—have ingrained it into American culture. From April 1860 until October of 1861, the Pony Express route brought letters from St.…
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – The annual revival of the Pony Express has been chosen as the official event to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th birthday. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald (http://bit.ly/2qTuZQo ) reports that more than 700 horse-riders began the mail service trip in Missouri Monday and will travel nearly 2,000 miles via the Pony Express National Historic Trail…
Coverage of the start of the 2017 Re-Ride at the Patee house Watch Video…
Departure is scheduled for 3 p.m. from St. Joseph, Missouri. Over a thousand letters will be traveling in a leather mochila on horseback from Missouri to California Every year the re-ride follows the original trail as close as possible using surrounding roads. This year 600 riders will take turns to transport the mail over one…
Here is a heads-up from local gadabout Vicki Hargrove about an event you won’t want to miss. Step back in time and witness part of the Pony Express Re-ride. This year’s re-ride starts June 5 in St. Joseph, Mo. and ends June 15 in Sacramento, Calif. The pony should be coming through our area on…
A recent radio conversation between two HAMs raised a disturbing issue that surprised both of them. The conversation involved the NTS (National Traffic Service) that uses amateur radio operators throughout the United States to relay information during large-scale emergencies, such as earthquakes. Read More …
