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A Pony Express rider is set to arrive in Old Sacramento today, completing a 2,000-mile ride across eight states with more than 1,500 letters. Watch Video … 

Riders in this year’s Pony Express Re-Ride have entered California for the final stretch of their journey across the American West. The annual ride began in Missouri 10 days ago, following the original 1,966-mile Pony Express route as closely as possible. Hundreds of horseback riders participate in the commemorative event every June, relaying about 1,000…

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The National Pony Express Re-Ride is making its way through the region, giving residents a chance to watch a piece of American history pass by on horseback. The annual ride travels through eight states, including Nevada, following the historic Pony Express route. The original mail service operated from 1860 to 1861,…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — History rolled back into St. Joseph this weekend as the Pony Express Museum’s Circle the Wagons event gave visitors a chance to step into the Old West through a display of its historic wagon and era-specific accoutrements. The event featured a display of the museum’s newly completed mid-1800s wagon,…

Riders in this year’s Pony Express Re-Ride have entered California for the final stretch of their journey across the American West. The annual ride began in Missouri 10 days ago, following the original 1,966-mile Pony Express route as closely as possible. Hundreds of horseback riders participate in the commemorative event every June, relaying about 1,000…

Fort Churchill Protected Pony Express and Telegraph Pony Express Sign, Hollenberg Ranch, Off Route 36, Nebraska marks the spot in 1860/61 that Pony Express functioned. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)See more Built in 1860, Fort Churchill served as a military post to safeguard early settlers, westbound emigrants, and vital…

In their uni­form of yel­low bandanna, red shirt and brown vest, Pony Express riders turned Old Sac­ra­mento briefly into the Old West as they rode into town Thursday for the con­clu­sion of a cel­eb­rated mail deliv­ery. The Pony Express National Re-Ride ended its nearly 2,000 mile trek from St. Joseph, Mis­souri to the Pony Express…

The National Pony Express Association re-riders deliver mail in Old Sacramento at the last stop of their ten-day trip across the United States on June 25, 2026. Video … 

In their uniform of yellow bandana, red shirt and brown vest, Pony Express riders turned Old Sacramento briefly into the Old West as they rode into town Thursday for the conclusion of a celebrated mail delivery. The Pony Express National Re-Ride ended its nearly 2,000 mile trek from St. Joseph, Missouri to the Pony Express…

The Abridged version: The annual Pony Express Re-Ride, organized by the National Pony Express Association, ended its journey in Old Sacramento on Thursday with the appearance of a riderless horse, honoring a longtime rider who died this year. Over the course of 10 days, hundreds of riders on horseback transported letters from St. Joseph, Missouri,…